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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:
