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.