Security agents kill ISWAP commander, 15 others in Borno.
According to a statement released on Monday by the spokesman for Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni, the terrorists were neutralised during a series of coordinated air and artillery strikes targeting three suspected insurgent enclaves in the Tunbunma […] Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed a high-ranking terrorist commander, Abu Zubiru, alongside 15 other insurgents.
Goni said the precise military operation was executed between 1:00 a.m.
The strikes were launched following actionable intelligence regarding the convergence of key terrorist leaders and fighters in the region.
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