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  • MNJTF neutralises Boko Haram commander, 15 fighters

    NOTORIOUS Boko Haram Commander, Malloum Moussa,  was neutralised during a clearance operation at Andakar Camp at the weekend, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) troops operating on fringes of Lake Chad claimed yesterday.

    According to the MNJTF spokesman, Col Timothy Antigha, 15 Boko Haram terrorists were also killed during the encounter.

    Col. Antigha explained in a statement that the MNJTF troops destroyed weapons, including five gun trucks belonging to the terrorists during the operation.

    He said: “In the continuing escalation of offensive operations aimed at making islands and other settlements in Lake Chad untenable for Boko Haram terrorists, troops of the MNJTF over the weekend embarked on clearance operation in Kerenoa and adjourning areas.

    “Contact was made with Boko Haram terrorists at Andakar Camp. In the ensuing fire fight, Malloum Moussa; Boko Haram Commander, along with 15 of his men were neutralised.

    “Five gun trucks were also destroyed. A woman whose relationship with the terrorists is yet to be determined was apprehended.

    “Information gathered has revealed that Malloum Moussa, who had one-eye, was a high-ranking Boko Haram Commander who had jurisdiction in the entire southern islands, including Daban Masara, Kirta Wulgo and Koleram.

    “He was notorious for imposing hefty levies on farmers, fishermen and cattle herders to fund Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency in the locality.”

  • Father to Boko Haram commander son: surrender

    EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD Malam Baba Modu has called on his Boko Haram commander son to surrender his membership of the terrorist group and embrace peace.

    Modu, popularly called ‘Ba-Ana’, made the call yesterday in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

    The father of the Boko Haram commander said that he was unable to persuade his son to abandon the cause and surrender under the Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor.

    Recounting his ordeal, the octogenarian said his son was conscripted by the insurgents in 2012 at a farm in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno.

    He said: “I lost hope of meeting my son after his abduction in the past seven years. One day, I met someone who told me that my son was alive and mentioned where I can find him.

    “I was also told he is one of the commanders of the Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram.

    “I travelled to the shores of the Lake Chad to plead with Ba-Ana to surrender and embrace peace. It took me about one week to get to where I met him.

    “When I arrived at the camp, I told them that I am the father of Ba’ana and after series of interrogations, they asked me to wait for him to return from a mission.

    “Ba-Ana returned at night, he was marveled to see me, and when he heard my voice; he told his men that I am his father.

    “I pleaded with him for about 30 days in a bid to convince him to lay down his arms and embrace peace, regrettably he did not heed my counsel.

    “Ba-Ana confessed that he killed many people and believed that the authorities would not forgive his crimes. He also believed that he had committed his life in the course of God.

    “I did not lose hope; I will continue to pray God to heal his soul and bring him back to me.”

  • Boko Haram kills own commander who attempts to surrender

    A high ranking Boko Haram Commander has been killed by his own colleagues after his secret plan to surrender was discovered by some of his colleague.

    A credible source disclosed that his colleagues were more angered after they discovered that he planned to surrender and escape with about three hundred captives from their camp.

    The source gave the name of the commander as Ali Garga, a Fulani man from Taraba who was forcefully conscripted by the Mamman Nur’s faction three years ago after his cows were seized by the insurgents.

    The source added that Gaga became a very priceless asset for the because of the extraordinary geographical knowledge of the busy terrain in the northeast that he possessed as a herdsman.

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    “Gaga was trained how to fight wars and engage in combat operations. He also possessed an extra ordinary ability of knowing the terrrain because he was a hardsman. This elevated him to a level of a Commanding  Officer by the Mamman Nur’s Faction.

    “Gaga was not interested in holding captives for ransom like others. What is paramount to him is getting his livestock and continue what he was diong as a hardsman and reunite with his family,”the Sources explained.

    The Sources also said Ali  Garga was making the right contact even  with foreign influence to facilitate  the who would rescued him and others before he was killed.

  • Troops capture Boko Haram commander, kill four

    Troops capture Boko Haram commander, kill four

    Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have captured a Boko Haram Commander and neutrilized for members of the sect in a clearance operation at fringes of Sambisa forest, the Director of Public Relations, Nigerian Army, Brig. General Sani Usman, has said.

    In a statement issued in Abuja, General Usman said the Boko Haram Commander is currently under-going interrogation, while the troops also rescued 212 persons alive from the terrorists.

    The statement reads: “Troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army, Sector 1, Operation LAFIYA DOLE,  in furtherance of the ongoing clearance operations in conjunction with 22 Mobile Strike Team and some Civilian JTF, has on  Tuesday, 28th November 2017 achieved a remarkable feat.

    “During the operation, they were able to clear Boko Haram terrorists from their hideouts located at Kala, Jawara, Mada, Mika, Gakulba and Kutilax (Sanga), northern fringes of Sambisa forest and  fringes of Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.

    “At Sanga, the terrorists on sighting the approaching troops from their observation post, they dashed into the adjoining Amchada forest.

    “The relentless troops pursued them further and neutralized 4 Boko Haram terrorists after a serious exchange of gun fire, captured one of the terrorists commanders, the “Ameer” of Chawa, Amman Judee alive and rescued 212 persons held hostage by the terrorists.

    “The captured terrorist’s leader is undergoing further interrogation while the rescued persons are being documented and the underaged children were administered oral polio vaccines”.

  • Suspected Boko Haram commander arrested in Maiduguri

    Suspected Boko Haram commander arrested in Maiduguri

    The Joint Task Force on “Operation Restore Order’’ said it has arrested Mohammed Zangina, a suspected commander of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, Borno State.

    JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, said this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri.

    Musa said Zangina was arrested after an operation at the Government Reservation Area in Maiduguri.

    “The JTF has arrested a high-profile Boko Haram commander and `Shura’ Committee member at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday. He was arrested in GRA, Maiduguri,” the News Agency of Nigeria quoted Musa as saying in the statement.

    Musa stated that Zangina was in Maiduguri to plan suicide attacks before he was captured.

    “He came to Maiduguri to plan several deadly attacks against civilians and security personnel.

    “Zangina, a.k.a Malam Abdullahi, is often referred to as Alhaji Musa. He is the leader of Boko Haram in the north-central part of the country; he is the coordinator of most of the suicide attacks and bombings in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Jos and Potiskum.

    “He is a key member of the `Shura’ Committee of the Boko Haram terrorists and he is among those declared wanted. A bounty of N25 million was placed on him by the JTF in November 2012,” he added.

    According to the JTF spokesman, Zangina had survived numerous attempts to capture him before he was eventually arrested in Maiduguri.