Authorities claimed that Momodu Bama, Boko Haram's operations officer under Abubaker Shekau, has been killed in Borno. Bama, who is also known as Abu Saad, was killed along with his father, Abatcha Flatari, when the military attempted to arrest them. The Interior Ministry said that the army is making progress against Boko Haram; on Aug. 11, the terror group killed 44 people in an attack on a Borno mosque.
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