His death occured during a fierce battle with the military during the week.
While confirming the elimination of the terrorists kingpin, Mai Hijabi in Abuja on Thursday, Major General Edward Buba, Director, Defence Media Operations, said, “our operations have destroyed a substantial part of the combat capacity of these terror groups and their leadership. For instance, one of the notorious terrorist commanders in Jigawa State known as Mai Hijabi, was eliminated from the battlefied during the week. Troops are therefore increasingly making significant strides across all theatres of operations.”
Totori News further gathered that during the week under review, troops neutralised 165 terrorists and arrested 238 persons.
According to General Buba, the armed forces has troops strategically deployed across the country to combat the terrorist, insurgents and their cohorts.
“The war effort of the military is designed and crafted to defeat and destroy these terrorists as well as dismantle their terror networks across the country.
Accordingly, the armed forces has intensified its war efforts, through mobilization of lethal forces and air strikes on terrorists. Troops also understand the importance of momentum and are therefore taking the fight to the terrorists.”
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