The troops of the North East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, have successfully repelled a coordinated attack on a community called, Kukareta community in Damaturu local government area of Yobe State.
The Media Information Officer of the Theatre Command, Lt Col. Sani Uba, made this known to newsmen this Thursday saying that the incident happened in the early hours of this Thursday.
Uba says the attack was quickly handled by alert troops, who responded in a well-organized way. They controlled the situation and forced the terrorists to retreat in confusion.
He said they killed 24 terrorists and recovered a significant cache of arms and ammunition, including 18 AK-47 rifles, three General Purpose Machine Guns, two PKT automatic anti-aircraft guns, three RPG tubes, two mortar tubes, four hand grenades, 18 AK-47 magazines, and large quantities of belted 7.62mm ammunition for PKT systems.
Uba also explained that two personnel were wounded in action but have been stabilised, while one reinforcing armoured tank sustained damage with all tyres blown out during the engagement.