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Three Boko Haram Commanders, 27 Others Killed During Airstrikes In Borno

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The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has killed three Boko Haram commanders and 27 other terrorists in fresh airstrikes in Borno State.

Naija News gathered that the insurgents were killed during an aerial bombardment of four of their camps located in Bula Jitoye, Halka Kojoye, Halka Alai, and Bulamaye in the Bama Local Government Area of the state.

According to a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, the operation was conducted on Sunday, January 1, around the Sambisa forest.

He said the coordinated joint air and ground offensive by the Nigerian military came barely hours after Boko Haram fighters and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) had deadly clashes.

Makama quoted a source as saying that one of the commanders killed in the air force onslaught on Bula Jitoye is popularly called ‘Captain’ or ‘Doctor’.

According to the source, the two other commanders were said to have been killed in Halka Kojoye and Halka Alai.

The source quoted by Makama said one of the terrorists was heard in an intercepted communication, saying “we are killing the ISWAP and seizing all their weapons but our major problem is that the jets are killing us too”.

“On January 1, 2022, We lost about 30 fighters including 3 of our commanders; even Doctor was killed in the strikes. We want to fight them but we are afraid of the jets,” the source was quoted as saying.

In a two-minute, 50 seconds video seen by Makama, Boko Haram fighters on motorbikes were burning makeshift houses and vehicles, killing members of the ISWAP group.