One Soldier Dies, 7 Injured After Troop Foil Boko Haram Attack On Bama

Defence Headquarters this
evening released a statement
on how they foiled another
Boko Haram attack on Bama,
Borno state
today, March 21st.
Sadly one soldier died while 7
others got injured during the
attack.
They have been evacuated
from the combat area by air
and are already receiving
medical attention. Many of the
terrorists were killed.
A Hilux vehicle, other terrorist
equipments and some weapons
were captured from the
attackers.
Pursuit is still ongoing while
calm has been restored and
troops maintain firm control of
Bama town.
With most of the towns slated
to be cleared of terrorists
already covered, the campaign
to rid the rest of the
communities of these militants
is continuing with air and land
operations now stepped up in
the remaining designated
locations in the mission area.
Cordon and search of cleared
communities are also ongoing
with some discoveries of
weapons and vestiges of
atrocities committed by the
terrorists while they held sway
in some locations