- By Halimah Olamide
The killing of Third Baga is a major blow to the Boko Haram terrorist groups
Nigerian Army personnel under Operation Hadin Kai have reportedly killed a top commander of Boko Haram, Tahir Baga during their recent raid on Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the terrorist top commander was killed on Monday, May 13, when the army cleared their enclaves of Shababul Umma, Garin Panel Beater and Lagara Anguwan Gwaigwai at the heart of the forest.
Zagazola added that the troops and the terrorists claShed in heavy gun battles which resulted in the death of several top Boko Haram commanders including Baga.
According to the report, “Third Baga was a close ally to Abubakar Shekau. He was among the first sets who founded the Boko Haram movement in Maiduguri before moving into Sambisa Forest with the likes of Mamman Nur, Khalid Albarnawi, Abubakar Shekau, Kaka Ali, Mustapha Chad, Abu Maryam and Abu Krimima.
Third Baga was a revered Imam who was respected among the Sect group. He had on several bases truncated the efforts of many fighters and their families to surrender and also pushed many under-aged girls to go on suicide bombing after convincing them that they would be granted paradise as an everlasting reward.
The killing of Third Baga is a major blow to the Boko Haram terrorist groups.
A heap of bomb-making materials; 1 RPG 7 tube; Pkm 1X Rpg 7 tube, 1X ak47 rifle, 1 RPG Bomb, 1X RPG 7 Charger quantities of 97X 7.62MM Nato, quantities of 99X7.62 MMX 51MM, quantities 554X7.62 MM X 54 MM, 5, MCs, 2 bicycles, 3 mobile phones 11 magazines, 3 hand grenades 2 bandolier, one starlink WiFi system, among others items were found in the terrorists’ enclaves.”