Nigerian troops neutralize ISWAP commander, fighters in Borno

At slightest 1 ISWAP militant has been taken alive, portion a elder commandant identified arsenic Abu Umar Bundi Munzir was killed on with 24 different insurgents successful Borno State.

This followed the palmy disruption of a coordinated battle connected the Kukareta assemblage by troops of Operation HADIN KAI.

Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, Theatre Commander of North East Operation Hadin Kai, revealed this connected Thursday successful Maiduguri portion giving an update to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) connected the failed ISWAP attack.

According to NAN, the insurgents initiated the onslaught successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, conscionable aft midnight, aiming to overrun the area. However, troops of Sector 2 mounted a beardown absorption and launched a sustained counter-offensive that continued until astir 3:00 a.m.

Abubakar stated that during the clash, the terrorists’ leader, Abu Umar Bundi Munzir, was among those neutralised, arsenic troops successfully repelled the onslaught and forced the remaining fighters into a chaotic retreat.

The theatre commandant confirmed that 24 further insurgents were killed during the operation, bringing the full numb...