Borno: Top Boko Haram Leader Abu Asad and Others Are Killed by Air Force Strikes

Operation Hadin Kai’s air component has killed Abu Asad, a senior Boko Haram terrorist leader, and multiple other terrorists in airstrikes on their hideaway in Tagoshe, in the Mandara Mountains in Borno.

This was announced in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

According to Gabkwet, the airstrikes carried out on Friday were among the most effective that Operation Hadin Kai’s air component has carried out in recent memory.

He said the NAF discovered a massing of terrorists in an isolated location consisting of three zinced structures amid several trees.

He added that it was evident from the footage that the terrorists were massing up at the location for either a well-planned meeting or preparing for a major attack on troops.

According to him, over 100 heavily armed terrorists were observed throwing banters and moving randomly around the structures which also had four troop carriers.

“The aftermath of the air strike revealed that two out of the three structures, as well as the entire troop carriers were destroyed.

“There are also indications that Abu Asad, a key figure in the Ali Ngulde group under Boko Haram, as well as other terrorists like Ibrahim Nakeeb, Mujaheed Dimtu, Mustafa Munzir and several fighters were among the several terrorists eliminated in the air strike,” he said