Modu Tafjid, a top Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) improvised explosives (IED) specialist, and three other terrorists were gunned down by troops from the 25th Brigade, Operation Hadin Kai, in cooperation with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF).
The terrorists were reportedly killed in an ambush in Borno state on Sunday, according to the Leadership newspaper.
The Joint Security Forces were supposed to kill the terrorists when they repelled an ISWAP-staged ambush in the village of Kumala along the Maiduguri-Damboa Road.
According to a report obtained by top intelligence sources by Zagazola Makama, a counterterrorism expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, the terrorists detonated an IED in one of the troops’ patrol vehicles, which was followed by heavy gunfire.
The sources said vigilant troops attacked the terrorists and attacked the ambush site and defeated the terrorists after the heavy firefight.
The sources said the IED specialist who led the ambush and three others were killed after the fight, while several other terrorists escaped with gunshot wounds.
The report indicates that additional reinforcements were quickly mobilized to the scene from Damboa, while the Nigerian Sky Hawk Air Force provided air cover and guarded the troops, who continued to exploit the ambush site.
The sources said a soldier and two members of the Civilian Joint Task Force who were wounded in action were immediately evacuated to Damboa for treatment.
The sources added that equipment recovered after the fight included rifles, magazines, RPG TUBE 1, 36 hand grenades, IED fabrication materials, 21 fuse, 21 detonators and detonators, among others.
