The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai have in two weeks eliminated more than 44 terrorists, apprehended 47 and their collaborators and rescued 10 kidnap victims in the North-east region.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Musa Danmadami, a major general, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly update on nationwide military operations.
He said the troops between 17 November and 24 November neutralised nine Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in ambushes, raids and clearance operations at different locations within the theatre.
He said that while scores of the terrorists escaped with various degrees of injury, cache of arms was recovered while 10 kidnapped civilians were rescued during the operations.
Mr Danmadami said a notorious Boko Haram/ISWAP logistic supplier was arrested by the troops on 20 November at a checkpoint in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.
He said that the logistics…
