Army releases names of killed B’Haram commanders

The Defence Headquarters on Thursday launched the names of terrorist kingpins killed throughout totally different operations within the northern a part of the nation.

The DHQ famous that the terrorist commanders have been killed in operations between January and March 2024.

The names of the fear kingpins are Abu Bilal Minuki (aka Abubakar Mainok) – Head of Is-Al Furqan Province (ISGS and ISWAP) and Haruna Isiya Boderi. He was described as a infamous terrorist who operated alongside Birnin Gwari Forest in Kaduna State, in addition to the Abuja-Kaduna freeway.

The navy mentioned he was killed by troops on February 24.

Others have been Kachallah Damina, neutralised on March 24 by troops, alongside over 50 combatants; Kachallah Alhaji Dayi, Kachallah Idi (Namaidaro), Kachallah Kabiru (Doka), Kachallah Azarailu (Farin-Ruwa), Kachallah Balejo, Ubangida, Alhaji Baldu, amongst a number of others.

Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, revealed the names to journalists throughout a briefing in Abuja.

“The above was achieved by way of synchronised strikes between the bottom and air forces on terrorist enclaves. As an example, instantly upon acquisition of important targets, fighter jets are scrambled to hold out main bombarding raids on vital terrorist enclaves,” Buba added.

He mentioned a complete of two,351 terrorists have been killed, 2,308 arrested and 1,241 kidnap hostages rescued throughout the interval underneath evaluation.

Buba mentioned, “Troops equally carried out ambushes, raids, combating patrols and offensive in opposition to the terrorists. The assaults and offensive actions by troops throughout the interval led to 2,351 terrorists neutralised, 2,308 terrorists arrested and 1,241 kidnap hostages rescued. Moreover, troops recovered 2,847 weapons and 58,492 caches of ammunition.”

On the operations in opposition to crude oil theft, Buba mentioned stolen merchandise value N20bn have been recovered by troops between January and March.

He mentioned, “Troops denied the oil theft of an estimated sum over N20,331,713,910. About 21,573,310 litres of stolen crude oil, 2,723,430 litres of illegally refined AGO, 53,300 litres of DPK and 52,730 litres of PMS, amongst different gadgets, have been recovered.”