Nigeria: 2 officers, 5 soldiers killed in battle with terrorists

APA– Lagos The Nigerian army has said that two officers and five soldiers were killed on Friday when its troops engaged Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists in Kala Balge town in northern Borno State. According to the statement by the Nigerian Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Saturday in Abuja, three members of…

APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The Nigerian army has said that two officers and five soldiers were killed on Friday when its troops engaged Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kala Balge town in northern Borno State.

According to the statement by the Nigerian Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Saturday in Abuja, three members of the Sector 1 Joint Task Force(JTF) North East(NE), were injured in the attack.

“Regrettably, two officers and five soldiers paid the supreme price, while three personnel who sustained gunshot wounds are currently receiving medical attention,” he said.

He disclosed that the Nigerian troops neutralized scores of the terrorists who came on gun trucks and motorcycles.

The army spokesman explained that the insurgents attacked troops deployed at the Forward Operational Base (FOB) Rann, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon and that the “troops gallantly engaged the marauding terrorists with superior firepower, forcing them to abandon their mission and withdraw in disarray.”

“In the fierce battle for Kala Balge, troops defended the town and neutralized 26 BH/ISWAP terrorists,” local media reports on Sunday quoted the army spokesman as saying.

The reports added that the Nigerian troops captured terrorists’ combat vehicles, 18 AK 47 rifles and one M-21 rifle with a large quantity of ammunition. Several other equipment were also destroyed by troops.