The attack, which happened around 10:15 pm, targeted the
Bula Yobe forward operating base, 152 battalion, and the divisional police
headquarters in Banki.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency
publication,  three military vehicles
were also set on fire.

Troops called in air support after coming under heavy fire.
Guided by intelligence and surveillance, two A-29 Super Tucano aircraft carried
out multiple strikes on the fleeing insurgents, killing “32 members of Boko
Haram and ISWAP”.

The bodies of the soldiers have been taken to Maiduguri,
while the remains of the boy, identified as Ismail Abubakar, was handed over to
his family.

Makama noted that additional reinforcements have since been
deployed to Banki and nearby areas.