GUSH!!!:40 Soldiers Killed While 65 Are Yet To Be Found After Deadly Boko Haram Laid Ambush On Them.

No fewer than 40 soldiers of the Nigerian
Army were feared killed in a Boko Haram
ambush in the north of Borno State.
A highly placed military source told our
correspondent on Tuesday that about 65
others were missing as a result of the
attack by the Islamic militants.
Investigations revealed that the insurgents
attacked the soldiers in Kasiya Forests,
north of Borno State.
It was learnt that the troops were left to
face the heavily armed insurgents, who
attacked them from different directions
following the failure of the planners of the
operation to give aerial support to the
soldiers.
It was also gathered that soldiers involved
in the ongoing campaign against the Boko
Haram insurgents were firing
indiscriminately into the air to protest
against the killings which they described as
strategic errors.
The soldiers were said to have demanded
why the initial arrangement of aerial
support was not provided to back the
soldiers.

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The source added that the casualty figure
on the side of the Nigerian soldiers in the
ongoing campaign against the insurgents
had been on the high side as a result of
repeated mistakes and communication
inadequacies.
But the authorities of the Nigerian Army
denied the report that it lost 40 soldiers
with 65 others missing in a Boko Haram
onslaught.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.
General Ibrahim Attahiru, said in an
interview with our correspondent on
Tuesday that soldiers of the 81 Battalion
under the new created Division ‘7’ of the
Nigerian Army carried out a raid on a Boko
Haram hideout in Kasiya Forests of Ngazai
Local Government Area of Borno State
which resulted in a prolonged gun duel
with the insurgents.
The Army spokesman said the invading
troops of the Nigerian Army killed 150 of
the insurgents and lost 15 men in the
encounter, adding that nine other soldiers
were still missing.

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According to him, a wanted Boko Haram
commander, Abba Goroma, was among
those killed in the battle at the Kasiya
Forest.
He said that the insurgents were well
armed with anti-aircraft and anti-tank
weapons mounted on their vehicles.
He said, “On the 12th of September 2013,
troops of 81 Battalion under ‘7’ Division of
the Nigerian Army carried out a deliberate
attack on an insurgent camp at Kasiya
Forest.
“During the attack, a fierce battle ensued
between our soldiers and the insurgents
which lasted several hours.
“The insurgents were completely routed
and the camp cleared. Over 150 insurgents
died. On our own side, we lost one officer,
a lieutenant and 15 soldiers, and nine
other soldiers are still missing.
“The insurgent camp was well fortified with
anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons
mounted on vehicles.
“One Abba Goroma, one top insurgent
commander was killed, he was a high
valued target, he had a bounty of N10m on
his head.”
Similarly, the Director of Defence
Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade,
said the operation at the Kasiya forest was
carried out by ground forces with aerial
support.

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He confirmed that the camp had a high
concentration of armed insurgents who
were shooting wildly as the Nigerian troops
turned the heat on them.
He said that even though, investigation into
the operation had commenced, it had
nothing to do with any operational
shortcoming.
On the issue of the protest and anger
exhibited by soldiers in Borno State over
the killing of soldiers by the insurgents, he
said that such a thing could not have
happened considering the high level of
discipline exhibited by the soldiers since
the commencement of the operation

Source:Punchonline.com 

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