Troops Kill Terrorist Commander, 5 Others

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said troops on July 4, 2023, neutralised a notorious Boko Haram terrorists/Islamic State of West Africa Province commander identified as Naoib Gambo Jundullah and recovered one AK47 rifle loaded with four rounds of 7.62mm special ammo in Borno State.

The troops in the firefight also neutralised five terrorists crossing to Nigeria from Cameroon.

A text of the brief read by Brig- Gen. Abdullahi Ibrahim said the troops of “Operation Hadin Kai” in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force on 4th July, 2023 conducted an ambush operation at Mandara mountain, in Gwoza local government area of the state.

He said the troops ambushed and neutralised a notorious Boko Haram Terrorists/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists’ commander identified as 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.

Also, 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.