OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE: TROOPS AMBUSH, KILL FLEEING TERRORISTS - MILITARY

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The Nigerian troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole fighting Boko Haram terrorists in the North East has confirmed an ambushed  against the fleeing terrorists who are crossing to the dreaded Sambisa Forest. 

In a statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations,Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman said troops who laid the ambush at the Boko Haram crossing point into Sambisa Forest at Iza engaged the terrorists who succumbed to the superior firepower of troops and fled.

According to him, at the end of the encounter two of the terrorists were killed, some abandoned their supplies and fled, one general purpose machine gun and one AK47 rifle were captured. Other items abandoned by the terrorists were three bicycles, provisions including maggi, potash, peanut and onions

His statement: 

Troops of OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE have ambushed and killed 2 fleeing terrorists as well as captured several weapons and supplies yesterday.
The troops who laid the ambush at the Boko Haram crossing point into Sambisa Forest at Iza engaged the terrorists who succumbed to the superior firepower of troops and fled. At the end of the encounter two of the terrorists were killed, some abandoned their supplies and fled, one general purpose machine gun and one AK47 rifle were captured. Other items abandoned by the terrorists were three bicycles, provisions including maggi, potash, peanut and onions.

Thank you for your usual cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations