Two wanted Boko Haram Commanders, Abu Ubaida and Mallam Yusuf Abba, has been reportedly killed by the men of the Nigerian Army.
According to The PUNCH, they were defeated along with roughly 40 of their foot soldiers at an abandoned warehouse in Kurebe, a popular village in Niger State’s Shiroro Local Government Area.
A military report obtained by journalists on Monday stated that Abu Ubaida and Abba met their death when airstrikes conducted by a Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft attached to Operation Whirl Punch, raided their enclave recently.
It partly read, “It would be recalled that on 22 December 2022, a NAF aircraft struck a terrorists’ gathering at Kurebe in Shiroro LGA.
“Several terrorists were killed, but it was unclear if any of the terrorists’ kingpins were eliminated in the air attacks.
“Consequently, after the said airstrike, preliminary investigations via exploitation of several sources revealed that there was an underground in the warehouse where the terrorists run to hide whenever a NAF aircraft flew over the area.
“It was also revealed that the terrorists hibernating within the location and bikes were seen on different occasions carrying fertilisers to the warehouse.
“These fertilisers are used by the terrorists to produce Improvised Explosive Device(s).
“Accordingly, NAF fighter jets were dispatched with the mission of ensuring total destruction of the warehouse and annihilation of the terrorists,”.
The development has also been confirmed by the NAF Spokesperson, Air Commodore Wap Maigida.
He stated that their Air Component would maintain offensive operations against Boko Haram forces.
He stated that all NAF Operational Commanders were ensuring that terrorists and collaborators were denied any breathing room in accordance with the direction of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao.
