A major success was recorded in the ongoing clearance operation by the military in the fight against insurgency as a factional leader of Boko Haram, Mamman Nur, was seriously wounded.
A number of commanders of the terrorists group were also seriously affected while others were killed.
The clearance operations were carried out in the Lake Chad region.
Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Friday.
The fatal injuries were inflicted on the Boko Haram leader and others as a result of artillery and aerial bombardments of the terrorists’ enclaves in Lake Chad basin.
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Nwachukwu who said Nur was wounded when he was trying to escape added that several terrorists who escaped the onslaught had since surrendered to security agencies in Niger Republic.
His words: “The ongoing artillery and aerial bombardments of Boko Haram enclaves in the Lake Chad region by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole has continued to yield positive results.
“Currently an evaluation report of the ongoing operation indicates that a major factional leader of the terrorists group, Mamman Nur, has been fatally injured in the bombardment, as he and his sub commanders fled from the onslaught.
“Also, several of his foot soldiers have been killed by troops, while many of the insurgents who escaped are now surrendering to Niger Defence Forces, following the Amnesty granted the insurgents by the Government of Niger Republic.”
