134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops

The Nigerian troops have killed 134 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists during the operation Kantana Jimlan.

134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops
134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops

Major General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations said: “The operation which is being conducted preparatory to the final routing of BHT/ISWAP criminals by the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and coordinated by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has intensified on various fronts, especially within the Timbuktu triangle.

134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops
134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops

“This is leaving the criminal elements and their leadership in complete disarray and thus setting the conditions for the commencement of the final assault on their evil enclaves and hideouts.

“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, seven Boko Haram gun trucks were destroyed, while 78 BHT/ISWAP fighters were killed as confirmed by both aerial and human intelligence.

134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops
134 Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Troops

“Relatedly, within the same period, another successful artillery engagement to Buk in Damboa council of Borno State resulted in the neutralisation 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 gunshot 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 two weeks.

“The arrest of such high profile BHT informants has significantly dislocated the criminals’ information and supply chains and equally dislocating their communication.

“As the gallant troops continue to overwhelm the criminal elements on all fronts, it is quite apparent that the days of the criminal elements called Boko Haram are indeed numbered.”

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