Army kills eight terrorists, destroys three camps in Sambisa Forest

By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of the 21-Armored Brigade, Bama, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed eight Boko Haram terrorists in three communities of Bama local council in Borno State.

The troops headed by their Commander (name withheld) made the unprecedented incursions into the Boko Haram hideouts in the early hours of Thursday July 20, 2023, in its determined efforts to completely eliminate the Boko Haram Terrorists insurgents hibernating along the fringes of the Sambisa forest.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region that the troops stormed and cleared some of the terrorists’ hideouts Bula Daloye, Bulongu Dina, Mairamiri Dina.

The sources said that the troops killed eight suspected terrorists in a heavy gunfire, recovered their weapons and other items while few others fled in a bid to avoid being killed by the troops.

The troops also rescued women and children from the enclaves of the terrorists.