The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that its troops had earlier in the week completely neutralised a notorious Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist commander identified as Naoib Gambo Jundullah and recovered one AK47 rifle loaded with 4 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo in Borno State.
This cheering news came even as troops in firefight neutralised five other terrorists who were reportedly crossing to Nigeria from Cameroon.
A text of the brief read by Brig. Gen. Abdullahi Ibrahim which was sent to Africa Today News, New York said the troops of operation Hadin Kai in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) on July 4, 2023 conducted ambush operation at Mandara Mountain in Gwoza local government area of Borno State.
He noted that the troops ambushed and neutralized a notorious Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist commander identified as Naoib Gambo Jundullah and recovered one AK47 rifle loaded with four rounds of 7.62mm special ammo.
He stated that due to troops’ offensive operations against terrorists in the theatre of operations, 967 terrorists comprising of 82 adult males, 354 adult females and 531 children surrendered to troops at different locations within the joint area of operations.
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Furthermore, on June 22, 2023, following intelligence report on terrorists crossing from Cameroon to Nigeria, troops laid ambush along Bula Yobe-Darel Jamel in Bama local government area of Borno State and made contact with the terrorists.
He said following a firefight, the troops neutralised five Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists and recovered one bag each of flour and detergent.
Meanwhile, the loss of Nigerian lives as a result of Boko Haram militias attacks has reached a distressing total of 5,873 individuals, between December 2020 and May 2023.
In a report published on Friday, SBM Intelligence disclosed that the recorded number of fatalities occurred across 430 incidents.