by Ranti Joseph

Hundreds of the Boko Haram insurgents fleeing from the onslaught met their waterloo in Gombi town, Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Monday, March

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Sani Usman, Acting Director of Army Public Relations on Tuesday, March 10.

The statement said: “The terrorists were engaged by troops of 23 Brigade Nigerian Army in a gun battle that led to killing of quite a number of them, destruction  and recovery of vehicles, motorcycles,  various calibre of weapons and ammunitions.”

“These include 4 Hilux vehicles, 3 Anti-Aircraft guns and one .50 inch Browning machine gun. Others include 5,000 rounds of 12.7 millimetre ammunitions, 2 boxes of .50 inch ammunitions, 1,000 rounds of Light Machine Gun ammunitions and one Rocket Propelled Grenade 7 tube, as well as one General Purpose Machine Gun.”

 

“Unfortunately, one soldier was wounded in the encounter and he is responding to treatment. Troops are mopping up the area to prevent further incursions by the terrorists” the statement added.