27th December, 2022
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with vigilante members on Monday night killed eight Boko Haram militants and captured one alive in an ambush in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
This came after the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, charged troops to redouble their efforts in smoking out terrorists in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad region.
It was gathered that the successful ambush Operation which was coordinated on the strength of credible intelligence, at Ngoum Community near Maiduguri, the restive capital of Borno State, paid off as the troops instantly eliminated the terrorists.
An Intelligence Officer told Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and counter insurgency expert in the Lake Chad that the insurgents were those who usually engaged in robbery mission around the general area of Mafa, Jere and Konduga LGAs.
“Our troops killed eight of them, captured one alive, recovered four motorcycles and Ak-47 riffles,” said the sources.
Meanwhile, in the same vein, A sub-group of Kwayam Tribe in Borno who were known for their spiritual warfare, have killed two Boko Haram suspects in a separate ambush with bow and arrows.
Sources said that they also recovered one motorcycle from the terrorists which was later handed over to the troops at Gwongulan.