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The convoy of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division and Commander Sector 2 of the Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Major General Bemgha Koughna, narrowly escaped a deadly ambush by suspected Lakurawa terrorists adjacent Mayama Hill successful Kebbi State.
Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 8 Division, Nigerian Army / Sector 2 Operation FANSAN YAMMA, stated connected Monday evening that the onslaught occurred arsenic the GOC’s convoy was en way to sojourn frontline troops deployed successful the state.
Major General Koughna and his squad responded with overwhelming firepower, neutralising 5 terrorists and successfully repelling the ambush.
Recovered items included 1 OJC gun, 1 PKT gun, 2 AK-47 rifles, 4 AK-47 magazines, 1 bandolier of PKT ammunition, respective rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, a camel container containing N840,000, 2 mobile phones, and 5 motorcycles.
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