Troops kill B’Haram commander, 27 terrorists in Borno

Troops of the Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, have killed a Boko Haram commander, Alhaji Modu, and 27 other terrorists in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

It was gathered that the Boko Haram commander, popularly known as ‘Bem Bem’, and his fighters were killed on August 3 by military airstrikes around the Mandara mountains in Borno State.

Credible military sources disclosed that the operation followed credible intelligence reports indicating that the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents were converging in large numbers with the intention to conduct attacks.

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Bem Bem was a popular drug baron who rose from an armed robber to Boko Haram kingpin.

According to the sources, the notorious terrorist commandeered the displacement of Bama town in 2014 and the killing of hundreds of persons before declaring it a Boko Haram caliphate.

He was also said to be working under the supervision of a top leader of the Boko Haram terrorist, Ali Ngoshe, and they were hiding inside caves in Mandara Mountain from where they coordinated attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Niger Republic.

The Star