Top Boko Haram Commander, Abubakar Sarki who reportedly controlled the dreaded Sambisa Forest in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria has been killed.
Nigerian Army (Operation Hadin Kai) confirmed that troops, following intelligence, launched an attack on the convoy of the late Shekau-led faction Commander, Abubakar Sarki and eliminated him alongside his men in a bloody exchange of gunfire within the fringes of the Sambisa forest.
Zagazola Makama, an expert in counter-insurgency and security, communicated this to newsmen in Maiduguri.
According to him, “A ground assessment confirmed that three gun trucks with all their occupants were completely destroyed, while the remaining five vehicles and terrorists including Abubakar Sarki escaped.
“But luck ran out of them as troops after sighting a moving convoy conveying Abubakar Sarki and an unconfirmed number of fighters, the army deployed a massive artillery gun resulting in devastating hits on the terrorists.” He said.
It was gathered from Daily Post that the terrorists though aborted the mission, evacuated the dead and wounded fighters towards the axis between Pulka in Gwoza Local Government Area and Banki on the border of Bama and Cameroon.
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 1 North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Maj Gen Waidi Shaibu, who led the operations on Saturday at Yuwe location, within the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno is also said to be in pursuit of the fleeing terrorists around Gwoza and Bama axis in Borno State.