Nigerian army says it killed a Boko Haram commander and 10 fighters

The Nigerian army said on Sunday it had killed ‌a top Boko Haram commander and 10 other militants during a night ⁠operation in northeastern Borno state. The army identified the leader killed as Abu Khalid and said he was ​second-in-command of Boko Haram in the Sambisa ‍Forest. "Abu Khalid was a key figure within the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis," said the ⁠army ‌statement.

The Nigerian army said on Sunday it had killed ‌a top Boko Haram commander and 10 other militants during a night ⁠operation in northeastern Borno state. The army identified the leader killed as Abu Khalid and said he was ​second-in-command of Boko Haram in the Sambisa ‍Forest.

"Abu Khalid was a key figure within the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis," said the ⁠army ‌statement. It said ⁠no casualties were recorded among its own troops, and that ‍they continued to conduct clearance operations across the Sambisa ​Forest, Mandara Mountains, Timbuktu Triangle and other known ⁠hideouts of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in ⁠the North East region.

Nigeria has been battling Boko Haram and its splinter group ISWAP for ⁠over a decade in a conflict that has ⁠killed tens ‌of thousands and displaced millions across the Lake Chad region.

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