Troops neutralised 1,106 JAS/ISWAP terrorists in Borno — Former OPHK Commander, Abdulsalam

Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, the contiguous past Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, has revealed that troops neutralised much than 1,106 JAS/ISWAP terrorists during his tenure successful Borno State.

Abubakar disclosed this connected Tuesday portion speaking astatine a stakeholders’ engagement and media parley held up of the ceremonial handing implicit of bid to Major General Ibikunle Ajose successful Maiduguri.

He said troops besides recovered much than 475 assorted weapons and 24,409 rounds of ammunition, portion 295 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were discovered and detonated.

According to him, information forces intercepted much than N300 cardinal linked to violent financiers and arrested 758 violent logistics collaborators.

Abubakar further disclosed that 969 JAS/ISWAP fighters and their household members surrendered wrong the past year, portion 638 civilians were rescued from violent enclaves.

He said subject operations facilitated the instrumentality of much than 7,000 displaced families to their ancestral communities, with antecedently abandoned communities reoccupied crossed Borno State.

The erstwhile Theatre Commander besides said much than 3,000 Nigerians were repatriated from Cameroon during the period.

Abubakar said OPHK was strengthened done the operationalisation of Sector 4, the induction of Nigerian Army Aviation helico...