Nigerian troops on Tuesday foiled an attack in Rann, killing 19 Boko Haram terrorists who were fleeing in five gun trucks after a fierce gun battle.
Rann is a popular town in Kala Balge Local Government Area (LGA)of Borno State, Nigeria’s easternmost LGA that shares border with Chad Republic.
This is just as two personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) went missing after troops foiled another attack by the terrorists in Geidam local government of Yobe State.
Sources said that the terrorists, who stormed Rann around 6pm on eight gun trucks and several motorbikes, attempted an “ambush operation on troops of 3 Brigade of the Nigerian Army at their base.
The source noted that after the troops staged a tactical withdrawal from their base, they launched a massive aerial and ground counter-attack against the terrorists, who retreated.
“However, the Air Task Force (ATF), in support of the ground troops, successfully forced the terrorists to flee the military base and pursued some of them to their hideouts, were military snipers engaged them in an ambush.
“During the attack, five gun trucks belonging to the Boko Haram terrorists were destroyed, including the occupants.
“Many terrorists were eliminated during the air interdiction and ground attacks executed by troops. At least 19 battered bodies of Boko Haram fighters littered the scene, with the destroyed guntrucks, apart from others in the bush,” the source said.
In a separate development, troops on Tuesday foiled another Boko Haram attack on residents at Geidam town where two Customs personnel went missing after a ‘terrifying’ gun duel against the terrorists by soldiers of 159 Task Force Brigade.
“After foiling the attack, troops pursued the criminals who fled into the bush, before we learnt that two Customs officers were missing,” said a military source.
First published by PRNigeria
