Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed three suicide
bombers and their escorts along the Guduf–Pulka axis in Gwoza LGA of Borno
state.
Sani Uba, media information officer, Joint Task Force North-East Operation Hadin Kai, relayed this in a statement on Thursday.
He said the suicide bombers were dispatched from the Mandara
Mountains by the Ali Ngulde-led Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad
faction of Boko Haram terrorists.
“Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have successfully neutralised
three terrorist suicide bombers following a deliberate, intelligence-driven
operation conducted along the Guduf–Pulka axis in Gwoza LGA of Borno State,”
the statement reads.
“The operation, executed through covert intelligence efforts
by troops in collaboration with local volunteer forces, led to the tracking and
neutralisation of the suicide bombers before they could carry out planned
attacks on innocent civilians.
“Troops also inflicted heavy casualties on the terrorist
escorts accompanying the suicide bombers.”
The officer added that the surviving elements fled into the
Mandara Mountains under pressure from sustained troop action.
“In the course of exploitation, troops recovered four AK-47
rifles abandoned by the fleeing terrorists, while two motorcycles used by the
terrorists were destroyed,” the statement reads.
“Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intensified efforts to
detect, track, and neutralise suicide bombers and other terrorist elements
operating from this enclave, leveraging human intelligence, communication
intercepts, and other intelligence-gathering capabilities.”
