Nigerian army troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have killed top Boko Haram terrorists in an operation in the northeast according to the Defence Headquarters.
Major General John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He revealed that the death of the insurgents followed a failed “attack on troops’ location at Banki Junction and Response Area Firgi within the 7 Division Strike Group.”
He also added that the terrorists who met their waterloo were some high ranking Commanders of the Abubakar Shekau’s faction of the Boko Haram terrorist’s group.
The statement read, “Consequently, troops of Operation LAFYA DOLE carried out a counter-attack against the terrorists on the 26th of May 2020. After the attack, human intelligence confirmed the death of some high ranking Commanders of the Abubakar Shekau’s faction of the Boko Haram terrorist’ group.
“The BHT/ISWAP Commanders that were killed include Manzar Halid, Amir Abu Fatima and Nicap among others.
“Additionally, Seventy-two (72) members of the sect were also neutralised. Others wounded with narrow chances of survival include some high profile Commanders and fighters namely: Abu Jamratu AL-Naweer, Kaka Bana and Tareta Babakari,”.
Also, Enenche said a large number of their equipment which included gun trucks, motorcycles and bicycles were destroyed by troops in collaboration with the Air Task Force.
