Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the North East and the Civilian JTF have killed eight suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Mafa Council, Borno State.
This was disclosed by a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, on Monday, in Maiduguri.
He said that neutralisation of the terrorists came after the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, charged the troops to redouble their efforts in smoking them out from Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region.
According to him, the successful operation was coordinated based on credible intelligence at Ngwom community, near Maiduguri. The information received from the community, however, paid off, he said, as the troops instantly eliminated the fleeing terrorists. He added that the insurgents were those who usually engaged in robbery in Mafa, Jere and Konduga local councils of the state.
Meanwhile, North East Zonal Coordinator, National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Rear Adm. Abdulrahim Mohammed (rtd), during a visit to rhe Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn-Garbai El-Kanemi, in his palace in Maiduguri appealed to the traditional institution to support the advocacy to reduce the circulation of illegal small arms and light weapons in the North East.
According to him, the traditional institution is a critical stakeholder in the campaign, as the monarchs are custodians of culture and vanguard of peace and violence-free society.
In his remarks, the Shehu commended the Federal Government for establishing the centre in Maiduguri, adding that it would mitigate insecurity, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the region.
