At least 50 Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) commanders and fighters have been killed by Nigerian troops during a counteroffensive in Askira Uba local government area of Borno State.
This is coming two days after ISWAP fighters killed attacked a military Super Camp in Askira Uba, killing the Commander 28 Task Force Brigade and three soldiers.
Army spokesperson, Brig. General Onyema Nwachukwu who disclosed this is in statement on Monday said “the gallant troops also unleashed massive destruction on the terrorists’ Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle and several gun trucks.”
“The equipment destroyed by troops include an MRAP vehicle and 11 gun trucks. The troops also recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition viz., five gun trucks, two anti-aircraft guns, five AK 47 rifles, one HK Machine Gun and one HK Machine Gun link,” the statement said.
“Relatedly, troops of 115 Task Force Battalion conducted a dawn operation towards Leho village and environs, where they discovered 3 corpses of the fleeing terrorists and also recovered 2,560 rounds of 7.62mm Special and 29 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition abandoned by the terrorists,” the statement added.
