Military Alleges Boko Haram Factional Leader Injured

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By Tokunbo FAKEYE (Abuja)

NIGERIA: THE Nigerian military has said that the breakaway factional leader of the militant Boko Haram group, Mamman Nur, has been “fatally injured.”

The military authorities explained that Nur was injured during an operation in the North East at a location believed to be his base.

The spokesman of the Operation Dole Counter Insurgency Force in the Northeastern part, Onyema Nwachukwu, said that Nur, who broke away from the faction led by Abubakar Shekau, was hit when the military bombarded his location.

Nwachukwu was silence on the location where the Boko Haram leader was attacked, and how he was identified, but it would also be recalled that Shekau had been proclaimed dead on many times.

“Ongoing artillery and aerial bombardments of Boko Haram enclaves in the Lake Chad region by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole has continued to yield positive results,” he said.

“Currently an evaluation report of the ongoing operation indicates that a major factional leader of the terrorists group, Mamman Nur has been fatally injured in the bombardment as he and his sub commanders fled from the onslaught,” Nwachukwu added.

The spokesman further said: “Several of his foot soldiers have also been killed by troops, while many of the insurgents who escaped are now surrendering to Republic of Niger Defence Forces, following the Amnesty granted the insurgents by the Government of Niger Republic.”

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