Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed three suicide bombers and their escorts along the Guduf–Pulka axis in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
This was disclosed by Sani Uba, media information officer of the Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai, in a statement issued on Thursday.
Uba said the suicide bombers were dispatched from the Mandara Mountains by the Ali Ngulde-led Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad faction of Boko Haram terrorists.
“Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have successfully neutralised three terrorist suicide bombers following a deliberate, intelligence-driven operation conducted along the Guduf–Pulka axis in Gwoza LGA of Borno State,” the statement read.
“The operation, executed through covert intelligence efforts by troops in collaboration with local volunteer forces, led to the tracking and neutralisation of the suicide bombers before they could carry out planned attacks on innocent civilians. Troops also inflicted heavy casualties on the terrorist escorts accompanying the suicide bombers.”
Uba added that surviving elements fled into the Mandara Mountains under sustained pressure from the troops.
“In the course of exploitation, troops recovered four AK-47 rifles abandoned by the fleeing terrorists, while two motorcycles used by the terrorists were destroyed,” the statement read.
He further noted that “Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intensified efforts to detect, track, and neutralise suicide bombers and other terrorist elements operating from this enclave, leveraging human intelligence, communication intercepts, and other intelligence-gathering capabilities.”