Days after terrorists killed 36 fishermen in mukdolo, troops of Operation Hadin Kai in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, stormed the hideout of ISWAP in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing 41 terrorists including a Commander, Abu Zahra while others fled for their lives.
Sources Say the troops killed the terrorists in a silent intelligence-led midnight offensive, coordinated by Major General Shaibu Waidi, the General Officer Commanding 7 Division and Commander Sector 1, in Mukdolo and Bone village, located between Dikwa and Ngala.
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The raid followed attacks in the past days, believed to be by the Islamist sect, which killed 36 fishermen in
Mukdolo under Ngala Local Government bordering Dikwa village on March 10, 2023.
The armed terrorists headed by Abu Darda and Abu Muhammed, also stormed Mafa town in the early morning hours of March 19th, a few hours after the elections, but the attack was thwarted by the troops, resulting in the killing of scores of the terrorists and recovery of two of their gun trucks.
Military equipment including One gun truck, three Dushka, motorcycles, and several other weapons was recovered from the busted terrorist base.
The terrorist Commander, (Amir Jaysh) Abu Mohammed, in the company of a few fighters, reportedly fled in disarray due to the superior firepower from the soldiers, thus abandoning their properties worth millions of Naira in the terrorists’ house which were destroyed by the troops
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
