NIGERIA (Borno) – Military personnel have launched attack on suspected terrorists that carried out last Friday’s pre-dawn attack on the military barrack in Bama, Borno State.

In a statement released by the defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, over 20 vehicles of the suspects were destroyed to track down those that launched the attack.

It would be recalled that hundreds of suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched a fierce attack Friday on Bama, Borno state, sacking the military barrack there, and killing troops and their families in what a senior military official called another “sad day” for a town that has witnessed multiple bloodshed this year.

Major General Olukolade said the destruction of the vehicles has helped to deny the attackers means of transporting themselves back to their haven in Cameroun, adding that over 50 of the insurgents were killed during exchange of bullets with soldiers, while majority of them escaped with bullets wounds.

The spokesperson said the military lost 15 soldiers mostly from the Friday attack, while some died during the pursuit. He also said a total of 5 civilians died during the attack.

He also revealed that families of the affected soldiers have been relocated to other military locations.