Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked a Forward Operating Base, burnt a police outpost, a primary healthcare centre, and two classrooms in Logomani community, Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.
The assault occurred late on Tuesday night. The terrorists first targeted the military base, where one soldier was killed, before dispersing residents with sporadic gunfire and setting public facilities ablaze.
The Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force North-East Operation Hadin Kai, Capt. Muhammed Goni, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday.
He said troops of Operation Hadin Kai at the Forward Operating Base in Logomani successfully contained the coordinated attack by ISWAP terrorists.
“Although the insurgents briefly exploited a section of the base’s defensive perimeter during the intense firefight, the troops rapidly regrouped, mounted a determined counter-offensive and decisively expelled the attackers, inflicting significant casualties and forcing the surviving terrorists to flee with varying degrees of gunshot wounds,” the statement
