The Theatre Command Media Information Officer of the troop of the Joint Task Force (North East, Operation Hadin Kai, Lieutenant-Colonel Sani Uba, revealed in a statement that the men of the task force killed a top Boko Haram/ISWAP leader, Abu Khalid, and 10 others.
Uba stated, “Abu Khalid was a key figure within the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis.”
He pointed out that the items recovered from the terrorist group include five (5) AK-47 rifles, magazines, several bicycles, assorted logistics and food items, and huge medical consumables.
Uba said there was no casualty recorded among the troops during the operation, adding that the troops’ morale remains high as clearance operations continue across the Sambisa Forest, Mandara Mountains, Timbuktu Triangle and other known hideouts of Boko Haram and ISWAP in the North-East region.
