File photo: ISWAP Terrorist Group
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of a senior terrorist commander, Mohammed Khalifa, and the surrender of two high-ranking commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province, identified as Ismail Mohammed and Abu Umar, to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State.
The Acting Media Information Officer of the North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Lt Col Haruna Sani, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday.
According to Sani, the two commanders surrendered to troops on June 8, 2026.
He said they occupied strategic positions within the terrorist hierarchy and operated in the Mangari axis of the Lake Chad region.
