Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of seventeen Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP terrorists in Maiduguri.
They were reportedly killed in Damasak when they attacked a Forward Operational Base as Christopher Musa, Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK’s theatre commander of the North-East Joint Task Force, disclosed this in the state.
The commander said the troops arrested three terrorists alive and recovered motorcycles and weapons from the terrorists.
Musa disclosed that the troops engaged the terrorists when they attacked a Forward Operational Base located along the Walada exit gate in the town at about 2:00 a.m. in a gunfight that lasted hours, forcing the insurgents to flee.
The commander explained that the troops, supported by the air component of OPHK, mounted a hot pursuit and closed up with the terrorists.
On the maps, the area Damasak is in Mobbar LGA of Borno State, located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River, adjoining the border with Niger 34km from Difa.