Troops nutrialise terrorists in Sambisa, recover 3 hilux, rescue 2 aid workers

The troops of 151 Task Force Battalion Banki, Operation Hadin Kai, have neutralised an unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists and rescued two humanitarian workers in Sambisa Forest.

It was gathered that the insurgents were killed after the troops in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force and Hybrid forces, stormed the Hideouts of terrorists in Gargash in the axis of Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.

Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region that the terrorists have been hibernating within the general area to carry out attacks within the Banki general area before they were intercepted and neutralized.

The sources said that in the cause of the engagement, two humanitarian workers abducted from Monguno in 2022 were rescued.

The troops also recovered three Hilux vehicles with one of them mounted with Anti Aircraft guns.