Adamawa: Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
The Nigerian army says it repelled a Boko Haram and ISWAP attack on 8 November at Zangula Kilba, in Gombi local government area, Adamawa. Two terrorists were neutralised and three kidnapped civilians freed, according to Captain Mohammed Goni.
Troops of the joint multinational task force, operating under Operation Hadin Kai in north-east Nigeria, repelled an attack by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on 8 November at the Zangula Kilba junction, in Gombi local government area, according to a statement from Captain Mohammed Goni, the military’s information officer. Two attackers were neutralised and the others were forced to flee, according to the army.
A search of the area led to the seizure of two AK-47 rifles, four magazines, 115 rounds of ammunition and two locally made explosive devices. Pursuit operations were under way to find the fleeing attackers.
The following day, 9 November, soldiers from Mubi freed three civilians kidnapped near Dutse-Uku, in Mubi South local government area, after a call from farmers. The main victim, Happiness Dama Dauda, was abandoned by her abductors, who also took her motorcycle. The army also recovered a motorcycle, a tricycle loaded with 15 sacks of beans and a van loaded with 13 sacks of groundnuts, belonging to other farmers.
