By BASHIR ADEFAKA
Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI, have again inflicted casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, in a fierce battle that ensued in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, on Tuesday 30 November 2021.
Destroyed gun trucks used by Boko Haram/ISWAP.
The terrorists, who frantically attempted to gain access into Buni Yadi, mounted on gun trucks, met stiff resistance from troops of 27 Task Force Brigade and Nigerian Army Special Forces School, supported by the Nigerian Air Force Component and personnel of the Nigerian Police, who gallantly fought and overwhelmed the terrorists with superior firepower.
According to a statement signed by Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, dated 1 December, “The ferocious battle forced the criminals to withdraw in different directions having suffered heavy losses.”
Several gun trucks with their occupants were taken out by the troops.
“Preliminary battle damage assessment revealed the precision with which Air and Land troops engaged the terrorists destroying their gun trucks. Exploitation is still ongoing by troops to take out fleeing remnants of the terrorists.
“Commending troops for this operational exploit, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya charged them to sustain the current operational tempo to deny the criminals freedom of action,” the statement said.
