Nigerian army operations in the last two weeks is nothing short of incredible. Operation Hadin Kai in northeast. 217 ISWAP fighters were killed. Two dozen abducted civilians were rescued. In the last seven days 1,015 ISWAP fighters and their families surrendered to troops at different locations in the northeast. Prominent among them is the notorious Boko Haram bomb expert, Musa Adamu and his deputy Usman Adamu. The morale blow this has inflicted on ISWAP fighters cannot be overe emphasized.
As has been the case in the past, the enemy attempted to force the military to divert forces to respond to attacks in Zamfara and Katsina, northwest Nigeria. On 31st July, terrorists carried out simultaneous attacks, abducted people and even attacked farmers at various locations in Sokota, Zamfara and Katsina. Suggesting tactical planning. As was the case in the northeast the result was never in doubt. Air Power is not severely handicapped by distance, the time variation is usually minutes. The terrorists were pounded.
Some kidnap victims were rescued and informants arrested. Two notorious militants from Niger Republic and drug peddlers were arrested. Many fighter fled into the forest..ostensibly to take stock of casualties and regroup. They clearly forgot to call for time out with the NAF.
On the 6th of August, the NAF carried out strikes on bandit hideouts in Dansadou and Kwabiaro forest, resulting in the destruction of several camps. The NAF caught a lucky break when persistent ISR uncovered one of their largest and heavily defended camp. Converging for a meeting at this secret base, Bandits all over the forest attempted to confuse and shake off the prying eyes of ISR aircrafts by crisscrossing the forest from random locations. The surveillance plane however maintained persistent ISR when they finally joined up in one location and proceeded down a path, that eventually revealed they were converging for a meeting at a super camp. NAF airstrikes, in conjunction with ground troops assaulted the camp, killing 133 bandits and destroyed their logistics faculties.[img][/img]
Two days later on the 8th of August Nigerian troops carried out operations on bandits hideouts in Benue and Taraba state. Dozens were killed, eight informant were arrested and kidnapped victims were rescued.