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Terrorists Scamper For Safety As Troops Kill 3 Commanders, 70 Others In N/East Ops

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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai in North East of the country have eliminated three terrorists commanders and seventy other terrorists on a three prong operation aimed at dismantling their stronghold and enclave known as Timbuktu Triangle.

A statement signed by the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General, Edward Buba and made available to Channel Network Afrique, CNA, named the terrorist commanders as Talha who is the Special Forces Commander, Mallam Umar, Operations commander and Abu Yazeed the Terrorist Brigade Commander.

“Troops recorded several encounters with terrorists during the course of the clearance operations which result in over 70 terrorists combatants including 3 notable terrorist commanders neutralized,” the statement read.

According to the statement, during the operations, the terrorist deployed Improvised Explosive Devices( IEDs), Person Bourne Improvised Explosive Devices (suicide bombers) as well as Vehicle Bourne Improvised Explosive Devices (suicide bombers in explosive vehicles) to ward off troops advance and attacks.

“Troops already familiar with the terrorist tactics thwarted the several terrorist attempts, including shooting down the amateur drones used by the terrorist.

“Overall, during the course of the operations, troops sadly recorded 22 killed in action casualties with several others wounded in action. On this account, the media is enjoined to resist publishing names of troop casualties to allow the formal notification of their next of kin.

“On the whole, the operation is ongoing and the public will be updated on further developments in due course,” the statement concluded.

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