Multiple airstrikes by the Air Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai have led to death of more than 150 Boko Haram terrorists, otherwise known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād.
The strikes on the terrorists’ camps in Mantari, Bama Local Government Area of the State was executed by two Super Tucano jets.
Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, learnt that the damaging airstrikes targeted the meeting of the insurgents in their camps.
Those killed in the airstrikes include Abbah Tukur, a Khaid of the ISWAP in Mantari and Maimusari and Bakura Jega, a top Commander.
The sources said that Bakura Jega had led some militants fighters on 40 motorcycles on the instructions of its Amir Fiye, Ali Ngulde to the Lake Chad of Krinowa to seek more support from the Boko Haram Leader, Abou Oumaymah to enable it replenish its fighting capability in its recent face off with the ISWAP.
The sources noted that the militant fighters were being received by the leadership in Mantari after they returned with weapons, motorcycles and livestock, when the combat aircrafts stormed the location and scored a crucial hits on the hideouts leading to the neutralization of the terrorists.
The Leadership of the Boko Haram have carried out mass burial of the dead fighters. Those who attended the funeral include Abu Isa, Khaid of Kalabalge who migrated to Sambisa forest, Ali Ghana, Khaid of Ngauri as well as several Militant fighters from Koltafirgi, otherwise known as Gaizuwa.
Early battle damage assessment conducted by sources indicated that more insurgents were dying due to lack of medical intervention due to various degrees of injuries they sustained during the attack.
The sources said that the fighters are being treated in an open ground under a tree, located about 500 meters west of Mantari, noting that people were prevented from visiting them due to their conditions.
