{"id":88795,"date":"2021-11-20T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88795"},"modified":"2021-11-20T03:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:21:13","slug":"senate-hails-troops-for-repelling-iswap-from-attacking-damboa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senate-hails-troops-for-repelling-iswap-from-attacking-damboa\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate hails troops for repelling ISWAP from attacking Damboa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m20414\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">THE Senate has hailed troops of 25 Task Force Brigades of the \u2018Operation Hadin Kai for repelling attack by a group of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP terrorists in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking with Journalists Friday in Abuja, Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South hailed the Army for the gallantry posture in stopping the terrorists from attacking Damboa.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ndume who hailed the Commander the Troops of 25 Brigades led by the Brigade Commander, Brigadier- General M. F.\u00a0 Babayo for the gallant action, said that the Soldiers chased away the terrorists as there was no casualty, but few civilians were injured during the encounter.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Damboa in the southern Borno senatorial district is about an 85km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened a few days ago after a\u00a0 Brigade Commander based in Chibok, Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu alongside 4 soldiers were killed in an ambush while on a reinforcement mission to save Askira Uba Local Government Area from ISWAP invasion.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSources said, at about 6 am, the insurgents armed with gun trucks and Armoured Personnel Carrier came through Kala village situated along the 180km Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road which was closed down for motorists many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ndume, the success was recorded because of the improved Coordination between the security agencies and the Senate that carries out oversight function on the Army, adding, \u201d I called the Brigade Commander during the attack and he was in full spirit where he told me even at the scene of the incident that he was on top of the situation and unlike in the past, the Soldiers were fully determined and chased away the terrorists without fear of giving up.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to him, the community boosted the morale of the\u00a0 Soldiers as they sang songs of praises and rejoiced with the Soldiers for repelling the attack by the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Soldiers\u00a0 successfully repelled an attack by a group of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP in the early hours of yesterday<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAlthough it was gathered that the attackers did not enter Damboa town, as they fired from a distance and troops returned back.<\/p>\n<p>It was also gathered that with support from the airforce Task team, the insurgents disengaged and withdrew.<\/p>\n<p>According to a stakeholder in Damboa who is not authorized to talk to the press said that\u00a0 Damboa is calm, and people are going about their normal businesses.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Senate has hailed troops of 25 Task Force Brigades of the \u2018Operation Hadin Kai for repelling attack by a group of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP terrorists&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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