The Nigerian Army says it successfully repelled another Boko Haram terrorist attack on Wednesday when they attempted to “infiltrate its 118 Battalion location at Arege Local Government Area of Borno State.
In a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Thursday, Army said the Boko Haram terrorists were completed routed as many fled due to the troops superior firepower.
Read Full statement here:
“Troops Repel BHT Attack on Arege in Borno State. BHT met their Waterloo and suffered heavy casualties yesterday evening 29 November 2018 when they attempted to infiltrate 118 Battalion location at Arege in Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State.
The BHTs were completely routed by the troops, neutralizing many of them while others fled in disarray due to superior firepower. As a result, they hastily evacuated most of their corpses under the cover of darkness.
However, during exploitation of the general area at dawn, the gallant troops discovered 4 BHTs corpses and recovered the following;
1 x Anti Aircraft Gun, 4 x AK 47 rifles, 1 x Light Machine Gun, 100 x Anti Aircraft Rounds, 185 x Light Machine Gun Rounds, 4 x AK 47 magazine
(54 x AK 47 rounds, 1 x MOWAG Propeller.