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NAF fighter jets repel attack on troops ...Army buries slain troops amid tears


Nigerian Air Force, NAF, fighter jets yesterday repelled attack by the Boko Haram terrorists on ground troops at Kangarwa in northern Borno State.

This was even as the army buried some of its troops recently killed by the insurgents in Borno State amid tears in Abuja.


A statement by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, DOPRI, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said the terrorists launched the attack on the ground troops, before they were repelled by fighter jets.

He said following the report of the attack, 3 x fighter jets and a reconnaissance aircraft were immediately deployed for the operation.

“While the fighter aircraft were scrambled to repel the attack, the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, ISR, aircraft was deployed to give guidance to ground troops on the position equipment and strength of the BHTs.

“The operation which started at about 1700 hours (5pm) continued till late evening at about 1915 hours (7:15pm) before the attack was successfully repelled.

“Before repelling the attack at Kangarwa, the NAF also conducted a number of day and night operations yesterday,” he said.

Famuyiwa stated that the air interdiction missions were aimed at decimating the operational capability of the insurgents.

The operations, he said, were carried out at Kashimeri, Tumbu Gini, Chukugudu and other Boko Haram strongholds from where the insurgents launched attack on Bama and neighbouring settlements.

In a related development, the bodies of Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu Ali, Staff Sgt. Muazu Ibrahim, Sgt. Husseini Jafaru, Sgt. Okon Bassey, Cpl. Chukwu Simon, PTE Salishu Lawal, and Able Seaman Patrick Paul, who were killed by the insurgents last week, have been laid to rest at the military cemetery in Abuja.

The soldiers were inducted into Operation Lafiya Dole in 2014 to form the pivot of the counter insurgency efforts of the Armed Forces in the North East.

At the burial, Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said through fearless and dogged determination to defend the territorial integrity of the fatherland, the deceased soldiers turned the tide of battle to liberate Nigeria from the scourge of terrorism.

“As members of 119 Task Force Battalion, and the Armed Forces Special Forces, they went after the adversaries to smoke them out of their enclaves, bomb their factories hiding areas. They were brave, precise, professional and inspiring.

“They led the battle to recapture the following towns and villages: Monguno, Baga, New Marge, Bama, Gwoza, Banki Junction, Gamboru Ngala, Yale, Yemteke, Bitam, Doronaira, Kagarwa, Ärrege, Abadam, and Mallam Fatori.

“In these battles, they rescued women, and children, fathers and mothers, the young and the old and restore peace and order to Nigerian citizens,” Buratai said.

The soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice on November 4, 2016, in the battle of Mallam Fatori.

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