Troops repel attack, inflict heavy losses on terrorists in Borno 

Troops repel attack, inflict heavy losses on terrorists in Borno 

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), under Sector 2 in the early hours of today successfully repelled a determined terrorist attack on its Kukareta location in Borno State, killing over 24.

The terrorists launched the attack shortly after midnight and it lasted until about 0300 hours.

According to Lt Colonel Sani Uba, the
Media Information Officer
Headquarters, OPHK, the troops mounted a swift and coordinated response, effectively containing the assault and forcing the terrorists into a disorderly withdrawal.

“During the engagement, troops inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers, with 24 terrorists neutralised so far.

“Ongoing exploitation of the battlefield has led to the recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition, including 18 AK-47 rifles, 3 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), 2 PKT automatic anti-aircraft guns, 3 RPG tubes, 2 mortar tubes, 4 hand grenades, 18 AK-47 magazines, and large quantities of belted 7.62mm ammunition for PKT systems,” Uba stated.

He however said two soldiers injured during the attack have been stabilised, “while one reinforcing armoured tank sustained damage with all tyres blown out during the engagement.”

Uba said further exploitation operations were ongoing to recover additional bodies and equipment along the terrorists’ withdrawal routes, which has been littered with blood trails and medical consumables.

“This successful operations highlights the resilience, combat readiness and fire superiority of OPHK troops in denying terrorists freedom of action. Operations will continue with sustained offensive pressure to consolidate gains and decisively defeat all terrorist elements across the Joint Operations Area,” the OPHK spokesman said.