BREAKING: Nigerian Airforce kills Notorious ISWAP Commander, Mallam Ari

The Nigerian Military has killed a Notorious Senior Commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) commander, Mallam Ari in an Airstrike.

Using the Super Tucano aircraft under Operation Hadin Kai, the Nigerian Airforce eliminated several other ISWAP Commanders and terrorists at Kirta Wulgo.

Ari was in charge of Kirta Wulgo. He was killed alongside foreign mercenaries fabricating Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) for the terrorists were killed during the airstrikes by the aircraft.

The airstrikes were reportedly authorized after intelligence revealed over 40 terrorists converging at the fringes of Northeast Kirta Wulgo, close to a point where a suspected ISWAP flag was hoisted.

“Some were also seen with weapons around a nearby make-shift structure, which was a likely indication that the structure might have had a high calibre terrorist target.

“After the airstrikes, some of the surviving terrorists were observed making frantic efforts to put out the fire that ensued while others took to their heels.Indeed, the make-shift structures were significantly burnt and destroyed at the fringes.”

“Several ISWAP fighters were neutralized in the air strikes including one Mallam Ari who was identified as the Fiya of Kirta Wulgo.”

According to PR Nigeria, the NAF spokesperson Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed that the NAF indeed carried out some strikes in areas around Kirta Wulgo, but remained silent as the number or identities of the casualties.

ISWAP leadership recently made sweeping changes to their structures due to the loss of some of its key members killed mainly through air strikes by NAF aircraft.