Shekau still elusive, as Army announces death of 5 Boko Haram commanders

The Nigerian Army said on Thursday it had killed a number of top Boko Haram commanders and many of their foot soldiers in the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East.

Army spokesperson, Sani Usman, made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday.

He stated that the operation was conducted jointly with the Nigerian Air Force.

Usman said the operation which was embarked upon based on “credible intelligence information”, targeted strategic Boko Haram hideouts, adding that “more details of successes achieved will be made available as the operation continues.”

The spokesperson named the five top Boko Haram commanders killed in the operation as Abu Dujana, Man Tahiru, a deputy to Boko Haram’s Hisba leader, Man Chari, Malam Abdullahi Abu Sa’ad and Goni Bamanga.

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“The Nigerian military would continue with the concerted onslaught on the reported Boko Haram terrorists’ locations till they have been eliminated,” he added.

The military is currently engaged in a renewed counter-insurgency effort in the North-East, confronted by a resurgent Boko Haram that has become more emboldened in recent times, carrying out a spate of daring attacks across the North-East.

These operations are also being undertaken against the backdrop of the re-emergent, still-elusive deadly leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, whose unsuccessful killing was the target of the now-elapsed 40-day ultimatum issued by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai.

 

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