JUST IN: Nigeria’s Super Tucano surgical strike kills top ISIS member, Ammar Bin-Umar in the Lake Chad

Nigeria’s Super Tucano kills top ISIS member, Ammar Bin-Umar in the Lake Chad

By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), have eliminated top leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Ammar Bin-Umar, in the West African Lake Chad during massive air strikes, Zagazola learnt.

The coordinated airstrikes was carried out by the Nigerian Air Force Super Tucano in coordination with the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Niger Air Task Force’s Mi35 and Mi171 helicopter Gunship on April 14, 2022 in Arinna in Marte Local Government of Borno state.

An Intelligence Officer told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert that Bin-Umar was killed while attempting to flee the LakeChad, following long-week sustained ongoing battlefield regional COIN combined Operation between troops of DESERT SANITY and the MNJTF LAKE SANITY in identified Boko Haram/ ISWAP strongholds which have so far eliminated over 100 terrorists including ten Commanders.

The Intelligence-led surgical strikes in Kwalaram, Sabon Tumbun and Jibularam has forced the terror groups to relocate and seek refuse in new hiding positions in Kwalori, Doron Kirta, Buningyil and Lokon Libi areas within the LakeChad.

The surviving ISIS Mujahedeens were immediately evacuated to KIRTA around 1800hourz, and afterwards conveyed on two flying boats with sacks containing money suspected to be funding for the ISWAP, in an attempt to escape through the axis of Chikka and Mardas, both within the Cameroonians border towns.

Bin-Umar was among the top ISIS Mujahedeens dialogue committee deployed to the Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), caliphates in Feb 2022, to intervened following prolonged fighting of supremacy among the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād of Boko Haram factions and the ISWAP.

The ISIS envoys also came to oversee the establishment “Darul Quran”, a radicalisation training camps in KAYOWA,
KURNAWA, Arge, Metele and Tumbum Allura, for the recruitment, training and induction of child militants fighters.

Zagazola understands that Darul Ilm and Darul Qur’an” Institutions had trained hundreds of child soldiers in combat, non-combat operations, bomb making, martial arts, manufacturing of VIBIED as well as other weapon handling technical training,
with funding from “Albahrul Islam, an ISIS supported institute in Somalia.

Intelligence sources also reveals growing apprehension and panic among Boko Haram/ISWAP elements, over clearance Operations of the MNJTF task force in some of its strong holds in Abadam and Marte local government areas.

In the leaked exchange in the terrorists camps, they disclosed that women and children had been forcefully relocated to a safe hideout, to prevent them from the attacks, while Mujahedeens have been directed to take defensive Positions to defend the Daula.