By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
The Nigeria military said during the week under review, troops neutralised 212 terrorists and arrested 272 others.
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Major General, Edward Buba, Director Defence Media Operations.
It said, robust operations targeted at terrorist leadership are being conducted across the various theatres of operations.
“Significantly, a high profile terrorists identified as Hamisu Sale (aka Master) and Abubakar Muhammad were arrested during seperate operations conducted in NC theatre of operation. The duo are cooperating and providing valuable intelligence on the terror network.
“Similarly, troops in the NW theatre of operation, arrested another high profile and notorious terrorist identified as Bako Wurgi. The arrested terror leader is linked to the murder of the Sokoto Monarch and a staunch ally of wanted high profile terrorist Bello Turji’s.
“The arrested terrorist leader, Bako Wurgi, eventually succumbed to gun shot injuries sustained during the fire fight. He nevertheless provided valuable intelligence to support troops operations before he died.”
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