According to Defence Headquarters, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) troops engaged in various actions from August 11 to August 25 in the North East that resulted in the death of more than 57 terrorists.
At the Defense Headquarters’ biweekly news briefing on Thursday in Abuja, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, director of the defence media operations, announced this.
According to Danmadami, operations were carried out by conducting air and ground raids on the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) strongholds in Borno and Yobe.
More than 18 of the terrorists were critically injured, he claimed, while an undefined number of them were killed due to the operation’s airstrikes.
He added that eight suspected terrorists and four terrorists’ logistic suppliers were apprehended and rescued four civilian victims during the period.
According to him, a total of 1,652 BHT members and their families, comprising 320 adult males, 442 women and 890 children, surrendered to troops at a different locations.
“The air component on August 20 carried out strikes on terrorists’ enclaves in Sambisa Forest and the Tumbuns in Borno with various degrees of success recorded.
“Acting on credible intelligence about the gathering of terrorists at a location revealed to be the enclave of a notorious terrorist being hosted by a top-ranking commander.
“He is believed to be the ISWAP leader of Sambisa Forest who took over the leadership after the demise of Abubakar Shekau.
“Consequently, the air strikes were carried out on the enclave. Feedback revealed that 25 terrorists were neutralised in the strikes, with 18 seriously wounded.
“Among those neutralised was a high-profile commander known as Uzaifa, the ‘MINZIR’, which connotes the fourth in line of the terrorist leadership structure.
“Similar air strikes were conducted in the Tumbuns near Lake Chad at a location revealed to be the training camp of the terrorists.
“Reports revealed that scores of the terrorists were neutralised in the strikes.
“All recovered items and rescued civilians were handed over to relevant authorities while the surrendered Boko Haram terrorist members and their families were profiled for further action,” he said.