ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The Nigerian military has announced that it has killed a Boko Haram kingpin along with six other terrorists and recovered more weapons in the ongoing operations in the North East.
The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, on Tuesday said that the troops of 7 Brigade, 8 Task Force Division, embarked on clearance operations, since Monday in which they cleared Boko Haram hideouts ahead of Gratte in Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
“During the clearance operation, the troops killed seven Boko Haram terrorists including a notorious kingpin popularly known as the Albani of Monguno,” he said.
He listed the items recovered by the troops to include two Vehicles, seven motorcycles, AK-47 rifle, two Boko Haram terrorists hoisted flags, three vehicle tyres, vulcanizing machine, solar panel and bundles of chewing stick (Aswaki), which the terrorists believed has spiritual and medicinal values.
He said that “the troops’ morale remained high as they dominate the general area with a robust fighting patrol in continuation with the clearance operations”.