ADAMAWA STATE-(MaraviPost)-Three Boko Haram fighters were killed throughout a gun battle with troops at the Nigerian base of operations in Kopa village, Madagali, Adamawa State.

The insurgents attacked the area where troops of the 271 Tank Battalion were stationed and kidnapped 3 women from the community, prompting the gun battle.

The Nigerian Army Operations Media organizer, col Aminu Iliyasu, aforementioned in a very statement on Tues the women had been reclaimed.

Iliyasu aforementioned in a very similar operation within the Bama government space of Borno State twenty five individuals kidnapped by the hoodlums were reclaimed by troops of the 152 Battalion and twenty one Special Armoured Brigade deployed in Bama.

He aforementioned 2 Boko Haram flags, 2 AK-47 rifles, 2 AK-47 rifle magazines loaded with ten rounds of seven.62mm special ammunition, 310 rounds of seven, 62mm ammunition and 173 rounds of seven, 62mm were recovered from the insurgents.

He said, “On Feb twenty five, 2020, troops of the one hundred forty four Battalion deployed in the Madagali LGA of Adamawa State decimated Boko Haram criminals who tried to infiltrate a defensive location occupied by troops.

Within the aftermath of the encounter, the troops neutralized 3 of the offensive criminals whereas several others ar believed to possess at large with shot wounds.

“Also, in continuation of their coordinated clearance operations, troops cleared Gava – Chinene Road and therefore the encompassing villages wherever they created contact with Boko Haram criminals.

However, the cowards fled, abandoning a lady and her female offspring who were heretofore command captive by the insurgents.

“Preliminary investigation reveals that the reclaimed captives had been within the Boko Haram captivity for 2 years.”

The military noted that on Feb twenty four they inactive 2 Boko Haram fighters – Abu Abor, 61, and Abubakar Hassan, 51, each Chadian nationals.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Army workers, Lt info Tukur Buratai, on Tues aforementioned that the Nigerian Army would use the employment of simulation technologies to tackle the rising security challenges and uneven threats facing the country.

The army chief aforementioned the simulation technologies would boost the capability of the military to deal with the protection threats.