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Nigeria Kills Boko Haram Commander, Ten Militants in Raid
Nigerian forces killed Abu Khalid, Boko Haram's second-in-command, and 10 militants in a night raid, recovering weapons and supplies with no troop casualties, military said.
- On Feb 1, the Nigerian army said it killed Abu Khalid, Boko Haram commander, and 10 fighters in a Saturday-night raid in the Kodunga area of Borno state.
- The army shifted from a reactive posture to proactively entering hideouts as researcher Taiwo Adebayo said the Nigerian army began an offensive last month with U.S. intelligence support.
- Soldiers recovered weapons, food items and medical supplies, and the army said no casualties were recorded among its own troops as clearance operations continue across Sambisa Forest and Mandara Mountains.
- Army statement named Abu Khalid as coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis, and the announcement followed deadly attacks earlier this week at a construction site and military base.
- Amid a wider security crisis, Nigeria confronts insurgency and rising kidnappings, with the conflict killing about 35,000 civilians and displacing more than 2 million people across the Lake Chad region.
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Nigerian army said it killed Boko Haram commander, 10 militants The Nigerian army said Sunday it killed a top commander of Boko Haram and 10 members of the Islamic extremist group in a night raid in the northeastern part of the country. Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state, was a key figure within ''the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis,'' army spokesman Sani Uba …
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