Nigerian Troops repel attack in Borno, eliminate 6 ISWAP terrorists

By: Zagazola Makama

The Troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, Borno State have eliminated six islamic State of West African Province(ISWAP)terrorists when it repelled an attack by the terrorists in Sabon Gari, Damboa.

It was gathered that the attackers attacked the troops at about 8am on Wednesday but the attack was swiftly repelled by the troops who engaged them in a heavy gun battle which lasted for one hour.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency E.xpert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region that the terrorists were forced to withdraw.

The source said that one soldier unfortunately paid the supreme price during the encounter while weapons belonging to the terrorists were recovered by the troops.

In another development, troops of 21 Armored Brigade Bama, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF), killed four Boko Haram terrorists in the outskirts of the town.