Army Spokesperson, Sani Usman, had on Monday announced that the Nigerian troops were engaged in a heavy gun fight with members of the terror group.
The Army said that “the troops successfully repelled the attack and killed quite a number of the terrorists after nearly 10 hours of battle.”
Kareto is 120 kilometres north of Maiduguri and Monday’s attack by Boko Haram came at a time the Nigerian military is intensifying its onslaught on the terrorist group.
In a chat with Channels Television on Tuesday morning, Colonel Usman said, “The Boko Haram terrorists attacked, we called for reinforcement from our troops from 7 Division as well as the Nigerian Air Force and they rose to the occasion.
“The insurgents were routed out. Quite a number of them were killed and unfortunately two officers and 22 soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries and have been evacuated to military hospitals in Maiduguri.”
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