Operation Hadin Kai troops, along with members of the civilian joint task force, are said to have annihilated a top Boko Haram commander, Abu Illiya, and his 32 fighters.
The feat was allegedly accomplished during an intelligence-led aggressive fighting patrol in some identified Boko Haram enclaves in Kayamari, Habasha, and Yuwe villages in Borno State’s Konduga Local Government Area.
Multiple intelligence sources indicated that the troops’ superior firepower forced the surviving terrorists to flee in disarray, abandoning their property and weapons, according to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad.
In addition, the troops recovered and destroyed 50 bicycles from terrorist hideouts.
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the newly appointed Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, pledged to continue efforts to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East shortly after taking command.
According to the new commander, all hands must be on deck to accomplish this.
