The Nigerian army says it has lost 22 soldiers in an ongoing
military operation in the Timbuktu triangle, a notorious terrorist stronghold
in Borno state.
The operation, conducted by the troops of Operation Hadin
Kai, started on January 16.
In a statement on Sunday, Edward Buba, the director of
defence media operations, said over 70 insurgents were killed in the operation.
Buba added that among the insurgents killed were three
high-ranking commanders.
“Troops of Operation HADIN KAI in the northeast of the
country conducted a clearance operation to a renowned terrorist stronghold and
enclave known as the Timbuktu Triangle,” he said.
“The three-prong operation aimed at dismantling the
terrorist presence within the triangle commenced on 16 Jan 25 till date.
“Troops recorded several encounters with terrorists during
the course of the clearance operations, which resulted in over 70 terrorist
combatants, including three notable terrorist commanders, neutralised. The
terrorist commanders neutralised include and are not limited to the following:
TALHA (Terrorist Special Forces Commander), Mallam UMAR (Terrorist Operations
commander) and ABU
YAZEED (Terrorist Brigade Commander).
“Meanwhile, during the operations, the terrorist deployed
Improvised Explosive Devices, 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
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.”
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