Air strikes kill two senior ISWAP commanders in Sambisa Forest

Two much elder leaders of ISWAP person been killed successful caller aerial strikes successful the Sambisa country of Borno State.

Security sources said the cognition targeted Yuwe, a determination wrong the wider Sambisa Forest.

They told Zagazola Makama, a information expert successful the Lake Chad Basin, that those killed were identified arsenic Ali G3, described arsenic the group’s commandant successful Yuwe, and Abdullahi Muga, different elder fig successful the group’s enactment structure.

Their deaths followed earlier reports that different cardinal commanders, including Saddam and Saleh Garin Kago, arsenic good arsenic Hussaini Ubaida and Ba Alayi Benbem, were besides killed successful the aforesaid operation.

The aerial ngo was carried retired by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai astatine astir 6:08 americium connected Friday.

The strikes came aft quality teams conducted surveillance connected buildings believed to beryllium violent bid centres and retention facilities successful the Yuwe area.

“Upon confirmation of the targets, the craft acquired and engaged the selected objectives with precision-guided munition,” a root said.

According to post-strike assessments, the identified bid centres and logistics sites were destroyed....