The President, who addressed the troops at the Airforce Base in Maiduguri, said the entire nation remains grateful for the gallantry displayed in ensuring gradual return of peace to the North East, while condoling with families that have lost loved ones, and the wounded.
Browsing: Operation Hadin Kai
The attack jets of the Air Task Force, ATF, Operation Hadin Kai, also killed several bandits, in the raid carried out at some forests in Zamfara and Sokoto states, early Saturday.
Brigadier General Abdulwahab Eyitayo, Acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division Nigerian Army, disclosed this.
There had been reports that armed gunmen on Saturday stormed the expressway, abducting a number of travellers.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, disclosed this on Thursday.
It also gathered that the tax collectors, who always moved in groups, were sighted and targeted at different locations while mounting roadblocks to collect taxes and levies from commuters and merchants in the town.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed on Thursday in Abuja.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, said the operation was conducted by troops deployed at 192 Battalion Forward Operations Base (FOB) on Wednesday.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, revealed this on Thursday.
The ISWAP terrorists, it was learnt, were killed on Saturday by aggressive airstrikes of the Nigerian Air Force jets.
This development was confirmed in a statement by the spokesman of the Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet.
Recall that Nigerian troops yesterday eliminated at least 18 ISWAP terrorists in Jere Local Government of Borno State.
Those for trial are 28 officers and 130 Soldiers who are largely involved in the fight against Boko Haram Terrorists.
The attack was repelled on Sunday morning by the Nigerian Armed Forces, according to local sources in Bama.
The Military spoke in a statement issued on Thursday by its acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko
It was gathered the insurgents have been engaged in a gun duel with security forces and troops of Operation Hadin Kai to repel the attack.
Musa stated this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday, in Maiduguri