The Nigerian Army says it inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram when they attacked Garshigar community of Mobar Local Government Area in Borno on Wendnesday.
Texas Chukwu, Army Director of Public Relations, made this known in a statement released on Thursday in Maiduguri.
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In the statement obtained by the Next Edition, Chukwu said the insurgents, who were in nine gun trucks, were repelled by troops of 145 Battalion deployed for Operation Lafiya Dole following superior power of the vigilant troops.
“Preliminary battle damage assessment reveals that the overwhelming superior power of the troops devastated the insurgents, inflicting human and equipment casualty on the insurgents which forced them to withdraw in disarray,” he said.
