Anthony Iwuoma
Alhaji Modu, also known as ‘Bem Bem’, a dreaded Boko Haram commander, has been neutralised alongside 27 other terrorrists by troops of the Operation HADIN KAI Air Task Force ATF.
Bem Bem, who was a notorious drug baron and armed robber before embracing the Boko Haram sect, and his gangsters were killed in an airstrike by the military around Mandara mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
He reportedly masterminded the displacement of Bama town in 2014, during which hundreds of innocent citizens were killed before he declared it a Boko Haram caliphate.
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It was gathered that the operation, which has been confirmed by military sources, was coordinated, following reliable intelligence that the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, fighters had converged in large numbers where they were planning to launch fresh attacks.
Alhaji Modu and his supervisor, Ali Ngoshe, had their operational base inside the caves in Mandara mountain and coordinated attacks on Nigeria, Niger Republic and Cameroon.