Troops foil Boko Haram attack on Borno community, kill scores of insurgents

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, person foiled an onslaught by Boko Haram terrorists connected Kukawa municipality successful Borno State, sidesplitting respective terrorists during coordinated crushed and aerial operations.

The improvement was disclosed by the Acting Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni, successful a connection on Saturday.

Goni said the terrorists attacked troops of the 101 Special Forces Battalion deployed successful Kukawa astatine astir 10:50 p.m. connected August 28, 2026.

According to him, the troops responded with nonstop and indirect fire, repelled the onslaught and forced the terrorists to retreat towards the Cross Kauwa axis.

He said respective terrorists were neutralised during the encounter, portion others sustained gunshot wounds arsenic they fled. Subsequent exploitation by crushed troops besides led to the betterment of the bodies of terrorists.

As the terrorists withdrew connected motorcycles towards Cross Kauwa, the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai was deployed to interdict their movement.

Despite challenging upwind conditions, the aerial constituent engaged the terrorists taking screen nether trees, neutralising an estimated 10 of them.

Goni said Multi-National Joint Task Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets subsequently tracked astir 20 motorcycles ...