Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Thunder Strike/Whirl Punch, were engaged in a gun duel by terrorists at Labi general area along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this at Defence headquarters on Thursday February 24, while updating newsmen on various military operations carried out across the six geo-political zones of the country.
Onyeuko said no fewer than 55 heavily-armed terrorists out of the adversaries numbering about 75, were neutralised while the gun duel lasted at the area which is close to the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).
He said;
“The air component carried out air interdiction on terrorist/bandits’ enclaves in South of Damari in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State after a painstaking air reconnaissance missions on terrorist/bandits’ enclaves.
“The air interdiction neutralized several armed terrorists close to the Nigerian Defence Academy….
Source: Linda Ikeji
