Nigerian Army personnel under Operation Hadin Kai have reportedly k+lled a top commander of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, otherwise known as Boko Haram, Tahir Baga during their recent raid on Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the t£rrorist top commander was k+lled on Monday, May 13, when the army cleared their enclaves of Shababul Umma, Garin Panel Beater and Lagara Anguwan Gwaigwai at the heart of the forest.
Zagazola added that the troops and the terrorists cla§hed in heavy g¥n b@ttles which resulted in the d£ath of several top Boko Haram commanders including Baga.
According to the report, “Third Baga was a close ally to Abubakar Shekau. He was among the first sets who founded the Boko Haram movement in Maiduguri before moving into Sambisa Forest with the likes of Mamman Nur, Khalid Albarnawi, Abubakar Shekau, Kaka Ali, Mustapha Chad, Abu Maryam and Abu Krimima.
Tahir Baga was a revered Imam who was respected among the Sect group. He had on several bases truncated the efforts of many fighters and their families to surrender and also pushed many under-aged girls to go on suicide bombing after convincing them that they would be granted paradise as an everlasting reward.
The k+lling of Tahir Baga is a major blow to the Boko Haram t£rrorist groups.
A heap of b%mb-making materials; 1 RPG 7 tube; Pkm 1X Rpg 7 tube, 1X ak47 rifle, 1 RPG Bomb, 1X RPG 7 Charger quantities of 97X 7.62MM Nato, quantities of 99X7.62 MMX 51MM, quantities 554X7.62 MM X 54 MM, 5, MCs, 2 bicycles, 3 mobile phones 11 magazines, 3 hand grenades 2 bandolier, one starlink WiFi system, among others items were found in the t£rrorists enclaves.”
