Troops from 243 Battalion, 5 Brigade Nigerian Army on fighting patrol encountered some suspected elements of Boko Haram terrorists holed up at a Primary School in Duwabafi village, Borno State, on Sunday.

“There was heavy exchange of gunfire in which the patrol killed 4 suspected Boko Haram terrorists, recovered 2 AK-47 rifles, 4 various sizes of solar energy panels, several types of drugs and 5 motorcycles,” Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said this morning.

Col.usman disclosed in a statement that “the patrol has returned to base and further restrategising for more onslaught on all remaining vestiges of Boko Haram elements within the area.”

•Nigerian Army Photo shows a devastated Duwabafi Primary School in Borno State, from which Boko Haram terrorists were dislodged yesterday.