Security forces Ondo State have killed Abdussamad Ohida, a commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP.
Mr Ohida a.okay.a. Anwar was killed on Sunday throughout an operation in a forest positioned in Owo, in the northern a part of the state.
Harmless Olamale, spokesperson for the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, confirmed the event, saying the terrorist was eradicated together with some members of his group.
“Sure, it was a joint operations which was intelligently led to the execution of the ISWAP commander,” Mr Olamale, a serious, and an assistant director, Military Public Relations of the brigade, stated.
The terrorist was killed alongside a number of different members of his group in the operation involving troops of the Nigerian Military, operatives of State Security Providers (SSS), and the Western Nigeria Security Community, Amotekun.
It was gathered that the operation was carried out after intelligence indicated that the ISWAP commander was planning assaults towards civilians in elements of southern Nigeria, notably through the forthcoming Yuletide interval.
The intelligence was stated to have been strengthened by info obtained from Abu Ikrimah, also called Abu Uwais, a former ISWAP Central Nigeria chief and Ohida’s superior, who was arrested by the SSS in 2023.
Spurces indicated that after Mr Ikrimah was arrested, Mr Ohida assumed command inside ISWAP’s operations throughout elements of the North-central and southern areas, allegedly coordinating assaults and efforts to broaden the terrorist group’s presence.
Operatives have been stated to have extracted intelligence from native and worldwide companions, together with safety businesses in the UK, to additional reinforce the menace evaluation earlier than Sunday’s operation was executed.
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Mr Ohida had been linked to a number of assaults in Ondo, Kogi and Niger states.
He was allegedly concerned in the 31 December, 2025 assault on the Ipele Divisional Police Station in Owo, throughout which eight AK-47 rifles have been reportedly carted away earlier than the station was destroyed with an explosive system.
The slain commander was additionally accused of involvement in the 28 July, 2022 assault on a army checkpoint alongside the Suleja-Zuba Highway in Niger State and the 11 July, 2022 assault on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.
In Kogi State, he was linked to the 23 April, 2022 assault on the Ogaminana Police Station in Adavi Native Authorities Space, the place 5 policemen have been killed.
Different assaults attributed to him included the 7 February, 2022 assault on the Okene Space Command and the December 24, 2020 assault on a naval checkpoint in Okene, the place two naval officers have been reportedly killed.
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