In Borno State’s Koibe village, in the Dikwa Local Government Area, soldiers from the 24 Task Force Brigade, alongside Hybrid Forces, ambushed fleeing Boko Haram militants, killing two and collecting their remains during a subsequent operation. This was all part of Operation Hadin Kai.
According to military officials, the ambush was carried out in the early hours of Friday in response to actionable intelligence. It is part of the ongoing Operation Desert Sanity IV.
Terrorist elements in Koibe village were encountered by the soldiers at around 2:30 in the morning, leading to a heavy gunfight.
As they ran in chaos toward the Boboshe axis, the terrorists, overwhelmed by the onslaught, probably took numerous bullets to the body. The forces then proceeded to the contact site to conduct a follow-up exploitation mission after the encounter. They uncovered the bodies of two neutralized rebels in two recently excavated graves in Boboshe during the operation.
But at about 11:00 a.m., as the military tried to retrieve the remains, they were fired upon by the terrorist group’s remnants. In response, the soldiers unleashed their overwhelming weaponry and chased after the escaping assailants as they headed toward the Gargash region.