“At the end of the encounter, a total of 43 dead bodies of BHT/ISWAP insurgents were scattered around the engagement areas....'
“Extremely regrettable however, seven gallant MNJTF soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice, while four other soldiers sustained various degree of injuries and are being treated in a military hospital,” he said.Mr Dole disclosed that the Force Commander, MNJTF, Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, a major general, was coincidentally in Diffa on the final leg of his familiarisation/operational visit to the sectors.
“Ibrahim said, despite the ongoing waves of BHT/ISWAP terrorists surrender, MNJTF forces will continue to take the battle to all identified enclaves of the insurgents. He described the attacks “as futile kicks of a dying horse” and further charged the soldiers to “brace up, remain alert and deal decisively with remnants of the criminals around the fringes of the Lake Chad region.”
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