Action Videos of NAF Air Strike Against Bandits in Zamfara, Terrorists in Borno – PRNigeria News

Action Videos of NAF

Action Videos of NAF Air Strike Against Bandits in
Zamfara, Terrorists in Borno
Video on Borno Airstrike: https://youtu.be/ZviXnt9bJ-8

Video on Zamfara Airstrike: https://youtu.be/lnZplFotqKU^[1][2]

The Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has
successfully destroyed an armed bandits’ logistics base at Ajia and
neutralized dozens of armed bandits at Ajia and Wonaka in Birnin
Magaji Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State. The operation
was executed on 4 April 2019 sequel to Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
reports indicating that the armed bandits were using a compound
within Ajia as a logistics store to support their operations.

Consequently, the ATF dispatched a Nigerian Air Force (NAF)
Alpha Jet, supported by an Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) platform, to attack the compound scoring
accurate strikes on the target and causing it to erupt into flames,
which engulfed the structures and resulted in the neutralization of
some of the bandits. Few survivors, seen fleeing the vicinity of
the target area, were taken out in follow-on attacks while others,
who managed to escape the area, were tracked to Wonaka and equally
neutralized. Independent HUMINT sources subsequently confirmed that
more than 25 armed bandits were neutralized in the attacks on the 2
locations.

The NAF, working in close coordination with sister Services and
other security agencies, will sustain its operations to neutralize
the armed bandits and deny them freedom of action in the
Northwest.

In another development, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation
LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized some Islamic State of West Africa
Province (ISWAP) Terrorists at Tumbun ‘Alpha’, a small settlement
about 4km West of Tumbun Allura, on the fringes of Lake Chad in the
Northern part of Borno State.

The air strikes were conducted on 5 April 2019, on the heels of
credible intelligence reports indicating that some ISWAP leaders
and members had assembled for a meeting under a group of trees near
a prominent makeshift structure within the settlement.

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) platform dispatched for Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) confirmed the presence of
several ISWAP fighters within the vicinity of the target.
Accordingly, the ATF scrambled a NAF Alpha Jet to attack the
location. The bombs from the aircraft recorded hits on the target
area resulting in significant damage to surrounding structures with
a large fire observed and several of the terrorists neutralized.
The attached video clip, which is now declassified, shows some
parts of the attack.

The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain
its operations against the terrorists in the Northeast.

IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force