Troops attached to the 121 Task Force Battalion killed 20 Boko Haram
terrorist on Saturday, November 26th. The troops were escorting local
government officials including the Caretaker committee chairman of Gwoza
Local Government Council, Hon. Saeed Salisu Sambo and travellers from
Pulka to Maiduguri when the terrorists ambushed the convoy.
They fired shots at the troops and officials, detonated improvised
explosive devices (IEDs). However, the troops successfully repelled the
attack. Six soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries.
The council boss took to his Facebook page to recount the incident.
What he wrote below:
“Alhamdulillah, we thank Almighty The Exalted One for sparing our lives
from the ambush of the BH. We scaled this attack with the help of our
gallant Nigerian Army Soldiers of 121 Task Force Battalion Pulka, who
were escorting me and my entourage from Pulka to Maiduguri. The incident
happen at about 5km into Bama town 10am after living Nguro-Soye.
The insurgent detonated an IED and followed by sporadic gun shoot which
was repelled by the gallant soldiers which i can’t deny to comment this
gallantry work of the duo Patrol Commanders of the 121BN i.e (Capt. S.
Suleiman and Lt. N. Ayuba). In the event of the ambush, six (6) soldiers
sustain degrees of injuries, and more than twenty of heinous actors
(BH) were killed by the rocket launcher as i vividly saw them them
running away, as the military engage them in response. The officers
injured were Sgt Onu Oga, Cpl Jonah Inji, Lcpl Dauda Isa, Lcpl Lawal
Yahaya, Cpl Oku Sunday, Pte Austin Matthew and re presently receiving
medical attention at Brig. Maimalari Barracks Hospital. We wish them
immediate recovery, and to see them back to their working in the soonest
possible time. Ameen”