B’Haram kills five soldiers in Sambisa ambush -DHQ

    
The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has said five members of the Special Forces engaged in the ongoing counter terrorism operatives have been killed by the insurgents.
Olukolade said the late military personnel comprised an officer and other ranks in the Army.
Olukolade added that the military had intensified action against the terrorists around Wala, Gwoza and Pulka and other areas in the location.
The Defence spokesman said the soldiers were killed in an ambush in which several of the terrorists were also killed.
He stated also that several terrorists were killed in the joint operation by ground forces and fighter jets of the Air Force.
Olukolade said, “Meanwhile, the assault on terrorists’ enclaves in Sambisa forests and surrounding locations is continuing.  Operational activities around Wala, Gwoza, Pulka and environs have been intensified.
“Encounters resulting from air and land strikes and an ambush of troops on patrols in the area have resulted in the death of scores of terrorists and loss of five soldiers including an officer.”

He explained that  the Special Forces responded to a distress call from a community around Lake Chad and prevented insurgents from carrying out a planned attack in the area.