Troops Repel Terrorist Attack, Kill 24, Recover Weapons In Yobe

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) “Operation HADIN KAI” (OPHK), under Sector 2 in the early hours of yesterday, repelled a terrorist attack on Kukareta in Yobe State and killed 24 insurgents.

This was disclosed yesterday by the media information officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Lt-Col Sani Uba. He said the attack, which commenced shortly after midnight, lasted until about 0300 hours.

Uba said the troops responded in a swift and coordinated manner effectively containing the assault and forcing the terrorists into a disorderly withdrawal.

He explained that the troops during the engagement, inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers, “with 24 terrorists neutralised so far.”

Uba, in a press statement, said the exploitation of the battlefield led to the recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition, including 18 AK-47 rifles, three General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), two PKT automatic anti-aircraft guns, three RPG tubes, two mortar tubes, four hand grenades, 18 AK-47 magazines and large quantities of belted 7.62mm ammunition for PKT systems.

He said two personnel were wounded in action, who have been stabilised, while one reinforcing armoured tank sustained damage with all tyres blown out during the engagement.

Uba stated that exploitation operations had continued to recover additional bodies and equipment along the terrorists’ withdrawal routes littered with blood trails and medical consumables.