The Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, said it has killed 42 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP.
The deaths were recorded on Friday during a clearance operation on the Lake Chad Island.
Several members of the group escaped with gunshot wound, while the troops recorded one death and ten wounded in the course of the operation.
The Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF, Col. Timothy Antigha, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said this was the greatest loss suffered by the terrorists in the last six months.
According to him, the terrorists also lost equipment as two of their gun trucks, and three motorcycles were destroyed, while troops recovered two light machine guns and two AK 47 riffles from them.
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Antigha said also that earlier in the week, ISWAP met a similar fate when they attempted to attack MNJTF troops in Sector 1 Foward Operation Base, FOB, in Ngouma in Cameroon.
He said in that engagement, ISWAP lost five terrorists, while one was captured.
The MNJTF spokesman also said that 13 AK 47 riffles and 2 hand grenades were recovered from the encounter.
Similarly, he said the MNJTF also conducted air interdictions in Arege and Malkorony where several terrorists were killed as the headquarters and logistics base of a top ISWAP commander, Abu Talib was targeted in that operation.
NAN
