Presidency confirms killing of ISWAP commander, Abou Sufyan in Borno

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The presidency has confirmed that the Nigerian military killed an ISWAP commander&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Abou Sufyan<&sol;a> and scores of his fighters with airstrikes from A-29 Super Tucano along the fringes of Lake Chad in <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;nf">Borno State<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Special assistant to the President Buhari on New Media&comma; Bashir Ahmad in a Facebook post on Tuesday wrote&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;ISWAP Commander&comma; Terrorist Abou-Sufyan is confirmed killed by the Nigerian troops<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>in Lake Chad region&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11388" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;Screenshot&lowbar;20211208-055115&lowbar;1-300x275&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"275" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was gathered that the Nigerian Air Force &lpar;NAF&rpar; component of Operation Hadin Kai launched a series of attacks on Sunday at ISWAP armoury base at Kusuma and Sigir in the Marte local government area of the state&comma; <em>PRNigeria<&sol;em> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The operation was conducted after Intelligence&comma; Surveillance and Reconnaissance &lpar;ISR&rpar; missions revealed the presence of several fighters who converged in the area in their preparatory move to launch attacks on troops in the axis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;davido-names-5-alleged-killers-of-sylvester-oromoni&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3366ff&semi;">Davido Names Killers Of Dowen College Student&comma; Sylvester Oromoni<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>An intelligence source told <em>PRNigeria<&sol;em>&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>The ATF scrambled Super Tucano aircraft in attacking the target area in multiple waves which recorded direct hits on a weapon-manufacturing facility&comma; fuel dump&comma; armoury base and an infrastructure filled with vehicles and motorcycles&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Some terrorists fleeing the area were also intercepted and neutralised in follow-up attacks by the Nigerian troops&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The week-long sustained air offensives have impacted on jihadists’ operational command and thwarted the group’s plans to carry out major attacks on the military formations in the axis&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We are aware that some of the surviving and wounded terrorists who escape are hiding under thick trees around Arinna Sorro and Arinna Ciki&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;