Troops from the 144 Battalion, working with hybrid forces, neutralized a prominent Boko Haram commander, Ari Ghana, and five of his bodyguards in Borno State.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, revealed this on his X handle (previously Twitter) on Tuesday, stating that the troops engaged and killed the terrorists in Takaskala in Gwoza Local Government Area.
Makama quoted one of the intelligence sources as saying, “On September 25, our troops laid an ambush at the crossing point of the terrorists around the Mandara Mountains. After one hour, a large number of terrorists came to cross with motorcycles.
“On noticing that the team were two in number, the troops waited for the second badge, suspecting that it was Ari Gana and his team. The troops then opened fire at them, killing five terrorists, including Ari Gana.
“It was gathered that Ari Gana, before meeting his waterloo, was deputising Ali Ngulde, the leader of Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram in Mandara Mountains and had led dozens of attacks around Bama, Banki and Gwoza in Borno State.”
According to reports, men from the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI recovered nine local farmers kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in the Mafa local government area of Borno state yesterday.
It has been learned that three of the nine rescued farmers are women, while the remaining six are men.
One AK 47 rifle, one magazine, and 30 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition were alleged to have been found by the forces.
