‘Scores of Boko Haram insurgents’ killed in NAF midnight airstrikes in Borno

Scores of Boko Haram fighters have been reportedly killed in airstrikes by troops of the air component of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno.

Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication that focused on the Lake Chad region, said the air strikes were carried out on Wednesday in the Sambisa axis of the Bama LGA.

The publication said the operation was conducted after the troops received credible intelligence about plans by the fighters to launch attacks on communities.

According to the publication, many of the insurgents were killed during the airstrikes while a few of them escaped.

Zagazola Makama said the operation had also forced over 50 of the Boko Haram fighters — and their family members — from Mairambiri, Zaramari, Bula Tuja, Bula Marwa, Bula Daloye, Kajiri and Gare villages to surrender to the troops of 202 and 151 Battalions of the Nigerian army.

The publication said one Mohammed Yahaya, a 30-year-old terrorist from Gobara village, and his two wives surrendered to the troops of 192 Battalion in Pulka in Gwoza LGA.