Troops from the thirteen Brigade Nigerian Army Calabar, today repelled an attack on its soldiers by killing seven armed militants at Efut Esighi in Bakassi local government area of Cross River.

Army Public Relations Officer, Captain Kayode Owolabi, who made this known in Calabar, said the militants attacked the Army post in Efut Esighi.

Owolabi linked the militants to be `boys’ of the most wanted militant leader, Benjamin Ene a.k.a `G1’ who has been on the wanted list of security agencies in the state.

He said the Brigade Commander, Brigadier- General Bulama Biu, had warned that no militant group or criminal under any guise would be spared, after militants killed a soldier at the same spot.

Owolabi further said that the military and other security agencies would continue to hunt down any militant group or criminal that did not surrender.

He, however, called on residents in the state to always avail the security agencies with useful and timely information that would enable them curb crime.