The Nigerian military has killed over 70 fighters and commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP. The operation was conducted by the Nigerian Air Component from Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, in a fresh airstrike in ISWAP camps in southern Lake Chad, resulting in significant militant casualties.
This was made known on Saturday by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, in a post on his X handle. Makama disclosed that intelligence sources told him that the targeted strikes on November 6 focused on camps led by notorious ISWAP commander Usman Russia. The security expert explained that the strikes specifically hit locations at Kwallaram and Arainna Ciki islands near Jibilarram in Marte Local Government Area.
'He noted that while the exact number of casualties at Arainna Ciki remains uncertain, sources indicate that several terrorists were also killed in this coordinated assault,' Makama added. The security expert stated that the successful airstrikes could be described as arguably one of the most successful strikes undertaken by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai.
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