The Spokesman for Defence Headquarters, Maj-Gen Bernard Onyeuko revealed on 16th June 2022 at the bi-weekly briefing that troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) alongside the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have neutralized forty-seven terrorists including the top commander of the Jama'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-jihad, Boko haram faction. More so rescuing Mary Dauda, reportedly one of the abducted Chibok school girls in 2014.
The camp, which was renamed by the terrorists as Gazuwa or Markas and formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari, and Mallum Masari harbored more than 3,000 fighters and their families from the Abubakar Shekau’s faction.
According to an intelligence report obtained by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, the troops and the terrorists were locked in a gun battle that lasted for more than three hours, that claimed the lives of two members of the CJTF.
"The troops destroyed over 700 makeshift houses and shelters of the terrorists and recovered several motorcycles and weapons from them.
“They also arrested two terrorists alive. During their testimonies, they confessed that the camp was led by top commanders led by one Abu Ikilima. Three Khayds (governors), three Munzul (commanding officers), 1 Nakib (commander) of the Boko Haram as well as several other fighters were neutralized.
“The terrorists confessed that other terrorists migrated from Mandara Mountain to join them after the killing of Ummate Ma, a terror king. The terrorists from this camp had coordinated many attacks in Banki, Konduga, and Maiduguri to Monguno Road.”