Top Boko Haram commanders have been neutralised through a combined effort of the Nigerian Army and the Air Force.
The Army announced this on Thursday, adding that the commanders were neutralised alongside many of their foot soldiers in the ongoing operation against the insurgents in the North East.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, in a statement, disclosed that the operation was conducted jointly with the Nigerian Air Force, adding that the operation, undertaken based on credible intelligence information, targeted Boko Haram hideouts.
Promising that “more details of successes achieved will be made available as the operation continues”, Usman named five top Boko Haram commanders neutralised in the operation to include Abu Dujana, Man Tahiru, a Deputy to Boko Haram terrorists group Hisba leader, Man Chari, Malam Abdullahi Abu Sa’ad and Goni Bamanga.
“The Nigerian military would continue with the concerted onslaught on the reported Boko Haram terrorists’ locations till they have been eliminated,” he added
