The Nigerian Army Special Forces troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed scores of Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists as it raided 13 of their camps in the fringes of Sambisa Forest, Northeast Nigeria.
It was gathered that the terrorists were eliminated after a crushing intrusion into their enclaves in the long week Operations by the Nigerian Army 402 Special Forces Brigade under the second phase of Operation Desert Sanity.
Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert in the Lake Chad region that the troops successfully cleared the terrorists hideouts at Gargash, Bula Musaye, Bula Moruye, Bula Dalo, Landarari, Kote, Yamut, Bomari, jere, Dipchari, Boroshe and Darejimal, in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, the epicentre of terrorists activity in the region.
During the fighting patrol to clear the general areas the troops encountered resistance from the terrorists but overpowered and neutralised scores of them forcing many of them to surrender while the surviving terrorists retreated and fled the scene with bullets wounds.
The terrorists also left behind over 500 women and children including their families and those that they forcefully abducted.
A source confirmed that one of the the rescued terrorists’ family members include Hajja Fusambe, mother of popular dreaded Boko Haram Commander known as Alhaji Ari Hajja Fusambe. Hajia Fusambe had been taken to Sambisa forest by her son since 2014.
The source added that 50 more trapped women and children surrendered in the early hours of Wednesday to troops of 21 Special Forces Brigade Bama, where they will be profiled and undergo rehabilitation.
First published in SpyTV.com, https://www.spyetv.com.ng/2022/04/nigerian-troops-destroys-13-boko.html