Scores of terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram/ISWAP have been reportedly decimated by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’.
The feat was recorded when the terrorists grout attempted to infiltrate Biu Local Government Area of Borno state on Saturday.
Biu is a town of about 180km drive along the Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was shut down by motorists for the past four years.
The troops was also said to have destroyed three gun truck vehicles and recovered arms and ammunition from the terrorists.
This is coming barely five days after armed group of terrorists invaded Tukur Buratai Institute of War and Peace, a research institute of the Nigerian Army University situated in Buratai of Biu, the home town of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Yusuf Tukur Buratai.
Sources and residents within the area, disclosed that the heavily armed insurgents had gained access through Damboa road’s axis from Sambisa Forest at about 2 pm on Saturday.
“Luck however ran out on the terrorists when they were intercepted at the Mainahari/Yamarkumi community Junction, just some 2km to Biu town by gallant troops with support from airforce Task Team and men of Civilian Joint Task Force, hunters and Vigilantes”, a source told Town Crier News.Also, some residents of Biu who confirmed the incident while speaking with journalists, noted that during the attempted invasion by the terrorists, many of them met their Waterloo, along with the destruction of their vehicles, arms and ammunition. For instance, a resident of Yamarkumi village, said, “I saw scores of dead bodies of the terrorists on the ground as their vehicles were consumed by heavy firepower from the troops”.