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September 9, 2024
Airstrikes kill Boko Haram commanders, 35 fighters, says NAF
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Airstrikes kill Boko Haram commanders, 35 fighters, says NAF

Airstrikes kill Boko Haram commanders, 35 fighters, says NAF

The Nigerian Air Force attached to Operation Hadin Kai in the Northeast have bombarded some terrorists’ hideouts in Borno State, killing some Boko Haram commanders.

Briefing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, gave the names of the terrorists’ commanders as Munzir Arika, Sani Dilla (Dan Hausawan Jubillaram), Ameer Modu, Dan Fulani Fari Fari, and Bakoura Arina Chiki.

He also said that intelligence revealed that the terrorists had migrated to the area before the operation was carried out.

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The Air Force, while pursuing the enemies with their fighter jets, also killed 35 fighters during different operations in the Arina area, located at the Southern Tumbuns of the state. The Tumbuns are the patches of islands between the Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger borders in the Lake Chad Basin.