Boko Haram:  24 ISWAP fighters killed in Borno

Boko Haram:  24 ISWAP fighters killed in Borno

Twenty-four ( 24 ) SWAP fighters including top-ranking Commanders were reportedly killed while attempting to attack a military convoy  in Ngamdu axis by airstrikes on Wednesday evening.

Reports from the area on Thursday said that among the ISWAP high-ranking Commanders who were eliminated in foiled attempts to attack the military convoy and Forward Operating Base (FOB) included Yaya Ebraheem, Baba Chattimari and Abu Adam Oubaida.

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The report also said ISWAP Deputy Jaysh in Sambisa, Modou Bacheer Oukocha, is among those fatally wounded.

A military source said that while the convoy of ground troops engaged the ISWAP fighters in a firefight, the air component from the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) arrived at the scene and bombarded the locations of the terrorists.

The source: said: “A military convoy was moving between Damaturu to Maiduguri when it got intelligence of impending attacks on a FOB at Ngamdu axis. The convoy quickly made a U-turn to reinforce the base after sending signals for air cover.

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“On their way to Ngamdu, the military convoy encountered ISWAP fighters and engaged them. A firefight ensued before the sudden arrival of fighters’ jets that shelled the enemies’ locations. Killing 24  of the terrorists” He said.

It could be recalled that it was during that attack that the Nigerian military lost four soldiers and an officer wounded.

Boko Haram:  24 ISWAP fighters killed in Borno