Unspecified number of insurgents were said to have met their waterloo in an encounter with security agents along Banki-Bama road in Borno State.
They were said to have mounted a road block, robbing traders and travelers along the road.
A statement from the seven division Nigerian Army reads: “At about 11:35 hours on 13th September, 2013, some troops of Banki Forward Operating Base, BFOB, on a mission of 202 Battalion Bama, on their way back to Banki, a boarder town with Cameroun Republic encountered some Boko Haram terrorists along Bama-Banki road carrying out armed robbery activities on innocent traders and travelers.”
According to the statement issued by Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, the spokesman of the newly established seven divisions Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, the troops succeeded in killing many of the insurgents during the encounter.
The statement also said the renewed threat and tactics employed by the Boko Haram as a means of survival following their dislodgement from their various camps within and outside the state was not new to military as such, they would be checkmated by soldiers.
The statement further stated that the Boko Haram terrorist’s camps in some parts of Borno State had recently come under heavy fire that forced many of the terrorists who escaped to scavenge for food from villagers.
“The terrorists have also resorted to robbing innocent civilians and killed three passengers after collecting unspecified amount of cash and food items from them in their recent attack on victims along Bama- Banki road”, the statement added.
Musa said an intelligence information available to them also indicated that the terrorists had written threat letters to Dikwa Market/traders demanding N1 million to enable them purchase food items and other logistical requirement or be ready to face deadly attacks.
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