The troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have neutralised 47 terrorists including top Commanders of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, a Boko Haram faction.
In a major boost, the combined troops, supported by the 21 Army Armoured Brigade Bama, Borno State, stormed one of the deadliest camps of the insurgents in Gazuwa village in Bama LGA on June 12, 2022.
The camps, which was renamed by the terrorists as “Gazuwa or Markas” (Headquarters), and formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari, haboured more than 3,000 fighters and their families from the Abubakar Shekau faction.
According to an intelligence report by obtained Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, the troops made contact with Boko Haram/ISWAP elements in the general area and engaged them in a fierce gun battle which lasted for more than three hours.
The sources said that the troops had met some resistance from the terrorists as they stormed out in their hundreds with motorcycles and various calibre of weapons and responded from different angles, but the troops engaged them in a swift battle, killing 47 of them and forcing others to fled.
According to the impeccable sources, however, two members of the Civilian Joint Task Force were killed during the encounter.
Additionally, on June 13, 2022, in continuation of its onslaught against the terror group, fighting troops were reinforced from the 21 Army Armoured Brigade in Bama. Their complementary efforts led to the dislodging and destruction of the terrorist enclaves.