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Nigerian Army Troops in conjunction with hybrid force and element of Civilian Joint Task Force in an offensive operation conducted successfully overran Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ stronghold in Timbuktu triangle in the Lake Chad Region, recovering a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, gun truck mounted with an anti-aircraft gun and a cache of arms and ammunition, after a fierce battle with the insurgents.
Spokesman of the army, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, hinted that during the operation, insurgents attacked own troops with Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED), mortar, gun trucks and motorbikes, but fell under the overwhelming superior fire power of the troops, forcing them to abandon their stronghold, armaments and equipment in disarray.
According to Nwachukwu, “the operation proved to be a major setback to the insurgents, as the gallant troops neutralised three terrorists and recovered one MRAP, one gun truck, one Dushka Machine Gun, one AK 47 rifle and one locally fabricated gun.
“Troops also captured one Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Bomb, 273 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, one pumping machine, 65 dushka .”
