Many Boko Haram Insurgents Killed, Says Army – Channels Television
The Nigerian Army says its personnel killed many Boko Haram insurgents during an encounter on Monday in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria.
Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, confirmed the incident in a statement a day after it took place.
Channels Television had reported that the insurgents invaded the administrative headquarters of Michika Local Government Area of the state.
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According to witnesses, the attackers came into Michika from the Shuwa axis and started shooting sporadically, causing the residents to scamper for safety.
But the army affirmed that the insurgents were resisted from invading the town by soldiers who received a distress call from local vigilantes.
Colonel Musa, “Boko Haram terrorists met their Waterloo and suffered heavy casualties yesterday evening the 18th of March 2019 when they attempted to infiltrate Michika in Adamawa State.
“At about 7:20 pm, gallant troops of 115 Task Force Battalion deployed at Lassa in Borno State received a distress call from vigilantes at Maikadiri village on movement of suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Road Maikadiri – Shuwari en route Michika.”
He explained that the troops immediately organised blocking positions and swooped on the terrorists which led to an exchange of fire.
The army spokesman added the terrorists attempted to escape but were intercepted and suppressed with a heavy volume of fire.
“Consequently, the troops with reinforcement from 143 Battalion Gulak engaged the terrorists on Two Front Coordinated Attacks.
“The BHTs were completely routed by the troops, neutralising many of them, while others fled in disarray due to superior firepower,” he said.
Colonel Musa said that following the incident, the insurgents “hastily evacuated most of their corpses under the cover of darkness”.
He said the troops recovered some items such as vehicles loaded with foodstuffs and a motorcycle from the insurgents.
The army spokesman said the entire area has been dominated by soldiers while the situation was under control.
He added that calm has since returned to the town and urged the residents to go about their normal businesses as well as report the presence of strange faces in their localities.
See the pictures of the items recovered below:
