The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has stated that the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has killed three notorious commanders, identified as Abacha, Bakura, and Babangida, as well as 22 other jihadists, News About Nigeria reports.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja on Thursday.
He noted that the airstrike was conducted on February 19, after the terrorists were trailed to a remote village at Arinna Wojein in the Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.
He also disclosed that the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji also launched strikes on terrorists who hijacked two articulated vehicles along the Gurbin Baure-Jibia road on February 20, adding that the terrorists diverted the vehicles and drivers to a forest feeder road at the Dogon Karfe location in Katsina.
According to him, as a result of the strike, the drivers of the trucks and other victims escaped from the scene while some of the food was salvaged.
“On the same day, seven motorcycle-riding terrorists were also neutralised at Gidan Guga in Katsina.
“On Feb. 24, air interdiction was conducted at Tsora Hill in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina. Feedback received confirmed that over 20 terrorists were neutralised,” he stated.
He further noted that an air interdiction mission on Feb. 21 at Rugar Gamji and an abandoned primary school near Gidan Gwanki in Katsina successfully destroyed and neutralised about 30 terrorists with their motorcycles that were hidden in the abandoned structures.
He stated, however, that the bodies of the three commanders, including Abacha, Bakura, an indigene of Jibularam, Babangida, and 22 other jihadists, were later recovered a day after the strikes.
