More airstrikes were launched in the North-East after the killing of ISIS’s top commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki.
Brig.-Gen. Beyidi Martins, a sector commander, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Damaturu.
“Military operations are dynamic, intelligence-driven, and often evolve rapidly,” said The Nigerian Advocates for Peace and Stability.
Defence minister Christopher Musa has commended the ICRC for its sustained humanitarian services, particularly in conflict-affected areas of the North-East.
The Joint Military Task Force in the North-east has, in three months of operations, killed over 1,000 terrorists, including 57 commanders and leaders.
Governor Babagana Zulum presented Mustafa Gubio, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Borno to Vice-President Kashim Shettima.
The military said the operation disrupted the logistics and operational capabilities of the terrorist elements in the area.
NAF says it has sustained its counter-terrorism offensive with precision airstrikes that destroyed terrorists’ structures and logistic hubs in the Mandara mountains of Borno.
One ISWAP fighter was captured alive, while the top commander, identified as Abu Umar Bundi Munzir, was killed alongside 24 other insurgents in Borno.
The AANI observed that the current centralised policing framework under the police is overstretched, with about 371,800 personnel serving a population of over 200 million.
