NAF Airstrikes kill bandit kingpin, 41 others responsible for DPO’s death; ISWAP terrorists killed as IEDs injure troops
Airstrikes undertaken by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircrafts have neutralized Dogo Umaru, a key terrorist-kingpin, loyal to the notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji. The bombardments also killed no fewer than 40 other bandits.
PRNigeria gathered that the airstrikes were authorized by the military command after Dogo Umaru and his cohorts were confirmed to have orchestrated a series of ‘gruesome’ attacks on Magama Village in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State.
One of their recent attacks led to the death of the Magama Divisional Police Officer (DPO), while a soldier was wounded.
Dogo Umaru and his foot soldiers have been known to stage their attacks on surrounding villages from a nearby school, Tsamben Dantambara Primary School, which has since been deserted.
However, PRNigeria learnt from a military covert operative that two aircraft were deployed to ‘massacre’ the Katsina terrorist elements.
“One of the aircraft engaged the terrorists in successive passes, while the second one equally mopped-up fleeing Terrorists,” he said.
Local sources residing near Tsamben Babare village revealed that 42 terrorists were eliminated in the NAF airstrikes, including Dogo Umaru.
An intelligence officer of the Nigerian Army said the military troops and men of other security agencies have intensified their operation in various theatres in the Northwest, recently.
“Last week, strikes by a NAF aircraft and combat operations of the ground troops in Kaduna and Niger States eliminated scores of terrorists near the Nigerian Defence Academy and along Shadadi-Maundu respectively”.
ISWAP Terrorists Killed in Raid in Marte as IEDs Injure Military Troops in Abadam
Meanwhile, coordinated aerial bombardments by the Nigerian military has killed no fewer than 34 terrorists in Marte, the Northeast, PRNigeria reports.
This is just as nine Nigerian soldiers sustained serious injuries when their convoy ran into Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by terrorists in Malam Fatori under Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State.
The troops were said to have been on a mission to attack some ISWAP fighters converging at Tumbun Dan Katsina when they ran into the IEDs.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that NAF troops, in conjunction with troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), on Wednesday, executed multiple airstrikes at camps of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, at Sabon Tumbu, a swampy area in Marte Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
An intelligence source said the coordinated attack launched by military troops followed a report, indicating that ISWAP terrorists, numbering over 100 on speed boats, were sighted at Sabon Tumbu.
The source, while speaking to PRNigeria, confirmed that Super Tucano Jets swiftly deployed for the operation, hit the terrorists’ hideout, killing scores of them.
“An ISR conducted within the general area indicated massive convergence of the terrorists, who had escaped from a military offensive,” he said.
He noted that sustained air offensives have impacted the jihadists’ operational command, thwarting their plans to carry out major attacks on military formations around Malam Fatori, Damasak, Gubio and Kauwa.
