‘Three ISWAP commanders killed’ as NAF air strike hits terrorists’ hideout in Borno

Three commanders of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) have reportedly been killed in military air strikes.

Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the air strikes also killed 22 other insurgents.

The publication said the operation was conducted on Sunday at Arinna Woje village in Marte LGA of Borno.

A source told the publication that the air component of Operation Hadin Kai delivered a full and aggressive bombardment of the terrorists’ hideout.

The source named the three commanders as Abacha, Bakura, and Babangida, an indigene of Jibularam area in Borno.

The publication said the corpses of the ISWAP fighters were recovered and buried on Monday, with many members of the insurgent group in attendance.

Those in attendance included Amirul fiye, Abu Hamza, Khaid of Tumbumma, Abu Nazir, Abu Rijal, the Khaid of Koloram among others.

Recently, troops of Operation Hadin Kai reportedly killed 11 ISWAP fighters and destroyed 25 camps of the terrorists in Sambisa forest and Timbuktu Triangle in Borno.