Army: 134 Terrorists Killed, 16 Spies Held In N/East

By Chuks Ekpeneru

The Nigerian Army on Monday said troops in the Northeast have killed 134 terrorists associated to Boko Haram/ISWAP and at the same time nabbed 16 informants of the terrorists.

The successes according to an army bulletin was achieved within the last two weeks and follows the determination of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to achieve decisive victory over the terrorists in the region.

Major General John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, in a statement said the successes were part of the operation codenamed ‘Operation KANTANA JIMLAN’.

He said:

“Several BHT/ISWAP targets were acquired and engaged with precision by Nigerian Army Artillery Regiments of Operation LAFIYA DOLE across the entire Theatre thus delivering accurate fire on the criminals who were seen fleeing  in disarray. In one of such coordinated artillery bombardments conducted between 1st and 2nd May, 2020 around the Timbuktu Triangle general area by the Offensive Support Group of Operation KANTANA JIMLAN, 7 Boko Haram Gun Trucks were destroyed while 78 BHT/ISWAP fighters were killed as confirmed by both aerial and human intelligence.

“Relatedly, within the same period, another successful artillery engagement to Buk in Damboa LGA of Borno State resulted in the neutralization of an additional 56 BHT criminals.

“Acting on intelligence that a large number of BHT members were converging at the location which they erroneously considered as being safe from aerial bombardment, the gallant troops of the Nigerian Army Artillery Regiments acquired and engaged the location with deadly precision, inflicting heavy casualties on them. As confirmed by our intelligence sources, only a handful of the terrorists escaped the location with gun shot wounds, with little chances of survival.

“In a related development, 16 high profile Boko Haram informants have fallen into the troops’ dragnet within the last 2 weeks. The arrest of such high profile BHT informants has significantly dislocated the criminals’ information and supply chains and equally dislocating their communication.”

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