Nigeria soldiers on Operation LAFIYA DOLE in the North East, Friday night, ambushed Boko Haram terrorists at a crossing point.
According to information, the ambush party decisively dealt with the terrorists who were riding on bicycles at a crossing point off Damboa-Kubwa road towards Multe village axis. The team killed one of the terrorists, as others escaped with gunshot wounds.
The soldiers recovered one AK-47 rifle with registration number 565907530 and14 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, a wooden Dane Gun shaped to the resemblance of an AK-47rifle, 1 fabricated double-barrelled pistol and 4 bicycles.
In a related development, earlier on Saturday morning, there was a report of a suspected bag containing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) near ECC premises, which is adjacent to the residence of a former governor of Borno State, Malla Kachalla, along Pompomari bye-pass in Maiduguri.
The Nigeria Police Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD) team was immediately called while the military provided outer cordon as the team safely demobilized the IED bag. [myad]
