BEVERLY HILLS, January 5, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army Friday said, the major factional leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, Mamman Nur has been “fatally injured” by federal troops during a counter-insurgency operation.
The army in a statement said Nur, who broke away from the Abubakar Shekau group, was wounded “in the bombardment as he and his sub commanders fled from the onslaught” during a artillery and aerial bombardments of Boko Haram enclaves in the Lake Chad region by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole.
“Currently an evaluation report of the ongoing operation indicates that a major factional leader of the terrorists group, Mamman Nur has been fatally injured in the bombardment as he and his sub commanders fled from the onslaught.
“Several of his foot soldiers have also been killed by troops, while many of the insurgents who escaped are now surrendering to Republic of Niger Defence Forces, following the Amnesty granted the insurgents by the Government of Niger Republic,” the statement added.
THEWILL recalls that the army had at different times in the past claimed to have killed or seriously wounded Shekau but the claims have been inaccurate.
The Boko Haram, a terrorist group which claims that Western education is a sin, has been credited with the death of at least 20, 000 persons and the displacement of hundreds of thousands in the northeast, with Borno taking the worst hit.
