Troops neutralize scores of terrorists as 135 Boko Haram fighters surrender
The troops of 151 Task Force Battalion Banki, Operation Hadin Kai, have nutrialised scores of Boko Haram terrorists and rescued two humanitarian workers in Sambisa Forest.
This development is coming as another 135 Boko Haram terrorists and their family members laid their arms and to Nigerian troops in Borno.
It was gathered that the insurgents were killed after the troops in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force and Hybrid forces, stormed the Hideouts of terrorists in Gargash in the axis of Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, the terrorists have been scheming on how to carry out attacks within the Banki general area before they were intercepted and neutralized.
The sources said that in the cause of the engagement, two humanitarian workers abducted from Monguno in 2022 were rescued.
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The troops also recovered three hilux vehicles with one of them mounted with Anti Aircraft guns.
On the other hand, the terrorists laid down their arms fews days after the troops 21-Armored Brigade, Bama, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and 199 Special Forces Battalion in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), stormed 12 hideouts of the terrorists and killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists.
It was gathered that the terrorists and their family members, 3 males, 6 females and 13 children, from Nguru Soye, and Kelani village surrendered to troops of 202 Battalion in Bama.
In the same vein, one male, 5 females and 6 children, from Kauri, Siraja and Lene Hassana villages surrendered to troops of 151 Battalion in Banki Junction.
An Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, that additional 113 insurgents from Balangaje, Bula -Waziri ,Bula – Kurma and Sabil – Huda villages surrendered to the troops of 192 Battalion in Yamteke.
The subjects were handed over to the authorities for profiling.
