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| Image Credit: Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad |
The troops of Operation Hadin Kai(OPHK) in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force have reportedly killed 47 terrorists including top Commanders of the Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, Boko Haram faction.
In a major boost, the combined troops, supported by the 21 Army Armoured Brigade Bama, stormed one of the deadliest camps of the insurgents in Gazuwa village in Bama Local Government Area on June 12, 2022.
The camps, which was renamed by the terrorists as "Gazuwa or Markas" (Headquarters), and formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari, haboured more than 3000 fighters and their families from the Abubakar Shekau Faction.
An Intelligence Officer told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad that troops made contact with Boko Haram/ ISWAP elements in the general area and engaged them in a fierce gun battle which lasted for morethan three hours.
The sources said that the troops had met some resistance from the terrorists as they stormed out in their hundreds with Motorcycles and various calibre of weapons and responding from different angles, but the troops engaged them in a swift battle killing 47 of them and forcing others to fled.
According to him, two members of the Civilian Joint Task Force were killed during the encounter.
- #Zagazola Makama