Boko Haram insurgents have launched a fresh attack on a commercial bank in Michika area of Adamawa State, destroying an Automated Teller Machine and attacking customers.
It was gathered that the troops of the Nigerian Army attached to the 143 Battalion and 115 Task Force Brigade later mobilised to the area, killing scores of the terrorists.
Our correspondent learnt that while some of the terrorists fled the scene, others were ambushed and shot dead by the Special Forces troops at Maikadiri Village in the Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
The troops recovered from the fleeing insurgents one Hilux van, two Toyota Starlet cars and some motorcycles.
Confirming the robbery incident, the Defence Headquarters in Abuja noted that the terrorists also “carted away food items from the area.”
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The Director, Defence Information, Col Onyema Nwachukwu, addressed a press conference that, “There was an operation to repel Boko Haram terrorists attack on Michika in Adamawa State. The insurgents attacked a bank and some shops in the area, damaging an Automated Teller Machine and carting away food items. However, the insurgents were out of luck when troops ambushed and neutralised them.”
Our correspondent learnt that troops of Operation Whirl Stroke in the North-Central region also conducted a raid on a suspected bandits’ camp at Dogo Gawa, between Takum in Taraba State and Katsina-Ala in Benue State.
In a shootout that ensued, the bandits fled while the troops recovered one locally made rifle, one laptop and two cell phones. The camp was said to have been destroyed by troops who are currently on the trail of the fleeing bandits.