About forty-three Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists have been killed by the troops of Multinational Joint Taskforce Sector 4 Diffa in Niger Republic when their location was attacked.
A statement by Chief of Military Public Information, Col. Muhammad Dole on Thursday said troops tactically canalized the criminals to their effective killing zone, brought heavy fire on them and neutralized scores of the terrorists, while others escaped with various degrees of injury.
Dole added that
at the end of the encounter, a total of forty-three dead bodies of
insurgents were scattered around the engagement areas.
He added that
one terrorist suspected to be their leader was caught alive and large
cache of arms, ammunitions were recovered and four enemy gun trucks were
destroyed.
"Extremely regrettably, however, seven gallant MNJTF
soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice, while four other soldiers sustained
varying degrees of injuries and are being treated in a military
hospital", he stated.
Coincidentally, the Force Commander, MNJTF, Maj. Gen. Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim was in HQ Sector 4 Diffa on 25 August 2021 on the final leg of his familiarization and operational visit to the sectors where he commended the selfless sacrifice and act of gallantry, as demonstrated by the troops.
While praying for the
repose of the souls of the deceased soldiers whom he described as
martyrs of freedom, he condoled the families of the fallen heroes and
wishes the wounded soldiers speedy recovery.
Col Mamane Sani Kiaou,
the Commander Sector 4, MNJTF, General Ibrahim said, despite the ongoing
waves of terrorists’ surrender, MNJTF forces will continue to take the
battle to their identified enclaves.
He described the terrorists’
attacks as a futile kick of a dying horse and further charged the troops
to brace up, remain alert and deal decisively with remnants of the
criminals around the fringes of the Lake Chad region.
