A notorious terrorist responsible for several kidnappings and killings along the Abuja-Kaduna Road and in several communities in Kaduna, Niger, Katsina and Zamfara has been killed in an air strike, an official announced Sunday morning.
Edward Gabkwet, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), said Yellow Jambros and over a dozen of his followers were killed while boarding a boat to cross the Jikudna River in Galadima Kogo District, heading towards the Wurukuvhi axis of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna.
Mr Gabkwet, an air commodore, said the terrorists must have thought the military would suspend air raids following the unfortunate incident in Kaduna last week when a military air strike killed scores of Muslim worshippers at an Islamic gathering.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that the military blamed that incident on a human error and has apologised to the families of the victims.
In his Sunday statement, Mr Gabkwet said the latest air strike, believed to have been executed on Saturday, was carried out by the “Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch.”
He said Yellow Jambros and many other terrorists were killed in the airstrikes in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The spokesperson said that Yellow Jambros and his cohorts were trailed from Zamfara into Niger riding 13 motorcycles along the Kaduna-Niger State border and heading towards Kusasu in Shiroro.
“At Kusasu, five other motorcycle-riding terrorists joined Yellow Jambros’ convoy, bringing the total number of motorcycles to 18, which then headed to the bank of River Jikudna.
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