Terrorist kingpins confirmed killed in Nigerian military air strikes, names of dead commanders released

  • Bombardments from the Nigerian military have killed some terrorist kingpins in the northeast region
  • The terrorists had converged at a location with motorcycles and bicycles when a military strike smoked them out
  • Both air and ground troops in the region have sustained their clearance operations in the enclaves of the terrorists in recent times

Maiduguri – Following an airstrike conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai recently at Mantari in Gezuwa area of Bama Local Government Area of Borno state, several terrorists, including Khaids Abbah Tukur, Maimusari, Bakura Jega and others were eliminated.

The information was received just as the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao arrived in Maiduguri earlier on Sunday, December 25, to celebrate the yuletide with frontline troops.