Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, have neutralised a top Boko Haram/ISWAP leader identified as Abu Khalid.
Khalid, who is the second-in-Command of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest, was killed alongside 10 other terrorists during a night operation in Borno State.
The Theatre Command Media Information Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Sani Uba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
“Barely 24 hours after troops eliminated the notorious Boko Haram/ISWAP commander, Julaibib, operating within the Gujba axis of the Timbuktu Triangle, troops of Sector 1, in conjunction with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) on Operation Desert Sanity, made contact with terrorists at the Komala general area of Konduga Local Government Area during night offensives at about 11:00 p.m.,” Uba said.
“Abu Khalid was a key figure within the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis.”
According to him, the successful engagement by the troops resulted in the recovery of five (5) AK-47 rifles, magazines, several bicycles, assorted logistics and food items, as well as huge medical consumables.
Uba said there was no casualty recorded among the troops during the operation, adding that the troops’ morale remains high as clearance operations continue across the Sambisa Forest, Mandara Mountains, Timbuktu Triangle and other known hideouts of Boko Haram and ISWAP in the North-East region.
