Troops of the152 Battalion, Banki, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Sunday, killed six Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Kumshe-Banki axis of Borno State.
This followed an ambush by the troops along the 54-kilometre road to Cameroon.
He stated that troops’ patrol operations, paid off with the killing of the six terrorists, while others escaped with gunshot wounds into the Gulumba Forest. According to Makama, the troops thwarted last Sunday’s attack on the country home of Governor Babagana Zulum.
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