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At the very least 13 officers of 198 contingent were killed Tuesday along Damboa-Maiduguri parkway in Borno State when they ran into a snare laid by Boko Haram/ISWAP fear based oppressors.
Be that as it may, 17 of the fear based oppressors were killed by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in a counter-trap assault at Damboa same day.
Vanguard accumulated that the warriors of 198 regiment were on a freedom activity at Bulabulin to guarantee smooth access for drivers when they ran into a snare laid by the psychological militants.
Sources learned about the assault, who favored secrecy, disclosed to Vanguard that the fighters who were of 198 force, were slaughtered when their watch vehicle ran into an Improvised Explosive Device which detonated, executing eleven warriors whose vehicle was damaged to the point of being unrecognizable by the effect of the blast.
Be that as it may, affirming the turn of events, the military central leadership stayed quiet on the Bulabulin snare and the loss.
It just gave a report on the Damboa counter snare during which 17 Boko Haram fear based oppressors and two warriors lost their lives, bringing absolute number of fighters murdered to 13.
The military central leadership stated: "In continuation of their supported surge against leftovers of Boko Haram/Islamic State's West African Province lawbreakers and their teammates, the courageous soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole under the auxiliary activity, Operation Kantana Jimlan, on Tuesday, July 7, effectively disposed of 17 fear based oppressors after a counter-snare along Damboa-Maiduguri street in Borno.''
In an announcement by Major General John Eneche, Coordinator, Defense Media Operations, the military noticed that the soldiers showed their battle prevalence against the fear based oppressors, as a component of their elevated hostile tasks over the theater.
The announcement read: "Relatedly, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, the soldiers of 25 Task Force Brigade conveyed at Damboa related to components of Sector 2 Special Forces while on leeway activities along Damboa – Maiduguri street, reached a Boko Haram/Islamic State's West Africa Province lawbreakers' trap group along their hub of advance.
"Naturally, the valiant soldiers outmaneuvered and connected with the crooks with overpowering volume of fire power, driving them to pull back in disorder.
"In the result of the experience, 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State's West Africa Province hoodlums were killed as a few others were accepted to have barely gotten away with differing degrees of gunfire wounds, while a store of arms and ammo were similarly caught by the chivalrous soldiers."
"Lamentably, two valiant troopers followed through on the incomparable cost, while four others were injured in real life. In any case, the injured warriors have been emptied to a military clinical office and are as of now reacting decidedly to treatment.
"Then the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has been coordinated to quickly send a Special Forces Battalion to fortify and rule Damboa-Bulabulin-Maiduguri pivot to totally deny the psychological militants any possibility of break during the last ambush against the crooks.
"Individuals from the overall population, especially occupants of the zone, are additionally mentioned to resist the urge to panic, well behaved and proceed with their normal exercises as every single fundamental measure have been placed in by the performance center order to guarantee all courses are ok for driving unafraid of assault by the crooks.
