The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says it has killed Abu Asad in Borno state during an air operation.
NAF made this known in a statement on Saturday signed by its spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who stated that over 100 terrorists were also neutralized during the operation by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai.
According to Gabkwet, the terrorists were killed while planning an attack on troops, describing the operation “one of the most successful strikes undertaken by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai.”
The statement reads in part: “In what could be described as arguably one of the most successful strikes undertaken by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, Nigerian Air Force aircraft, on November 24, 2023, carried out air strikes on a massing of terrorists in an isolated location consisting of three zinced structures amid several trees.
“From the footage, it was evident that the terrorists were massing up at the location for either a well-planned meeting or preparing for a major attack on own troops. Over 100 heavily armed terrorists were observed throwing banters and moving randomly around the structures which also had 4 troop carriers.
“The aftermath of the air strike revealed that two out of the three structures, as well as the entire troop carriers, were destroyed. There were also indications that one Abu Asad, a key figure in the Ali Ngulde group under Boko Haram, and
several of his fighters like Ibrahim Nakeeb, Mujaheed Dimtu, and Mustafa Munzir among others were eliminated in the air strike.”
