The insurgents blazed some military equipments after a gun duel with the troops, according to a witness.
“The troops sustained the fire fight and successfully neutralised 12 terrorists, with several others fleeing with gun shot wounds,” army said.
Bandits have continued to carry out attacks around Kachia despite its proximity to a military base and training centre.
Armed bandits had on Thursday invaded
FGC Birnin Yauri, and abducted an unspecified number of students and staffers in the school.
Many students sustained gunshot wounds during the attack, a representative said.
ISWAP terror group is a faction of Boko Haram group that emerged in 2016. The group who specialises in attacking military bases and formations pledged its allegiance to Islamic State.
“The local government area shares border with Niger State and we are suspecting that the bandits that carried out this attack crossed into Kebbi from Niger.”
The victim was ambushed and whisked away to an unknown location shortly after he passed Andaha village in Akwanga LGA of Nasarawa.
“Two locals who were injured in the exchange, were evacuated for medical attention.”
“I saw the lifeless bodies of the victims with my own eyes before I scampered to safety. They also injured an unspecified number of people.”
