night to Mafa and Ajiri villages in Borno
State to attack the villagers but this
time they met their match. Soldiers
guarding the villages and neighbouring
ones opened fire on the insurgents,
killing at least 20 of them. But instead
of retreating, eye witnesses said the
Boko Haram members came in their
hundreds and engaged the military men
in a gun battle.
Fortunately the military men
overpowered them, killed many of
them and seized different calibers of
machine guns and improvised explosive
devices from them, this is according to
the Director of Defence Information,
Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade. He said some
soldiers, who were from the 7th
Division of the Nigerian Army in
Maiduguri, were injured in the battle
but no soldier was killed.
"Attempts by terrorists to attack
Ajiri and Mafa as well as other
communities in the outskirt of
Maiduguri and Dikwa in Borno
State towards the Cameroon
borders, yesterday were foiled by
the security forces. The ambush
mounted by the terrorists to
enable them unleash terror on
the communities unchallenged,
was also cleared by troops on
reinforcement mission.
"Arms captured from the
terrorists include various brands
of machine guns and improvised
explosive devices. Twenty
insurgents died in the encounter,
while our troops sustained varying
degree of injuries. Also, more
camps were destroyed yesterday
in encounters at various forests
and mountain locations around
Adamawa and Borno States,"
Olukayode said
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