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In continuation of the air offensive against terrorist elements
in the North East of the country, the Air Task Force of Operation
LAFIYA DOLE, has eliminated scores of Islamic State of West Africa
Province (ISWAP) fighters and destroyed compounds housing them at
Tongule in the Lake Chad area of Northern Borno.
The air strikes were conducted on 12 August 2020 following
credible Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports indicating terrorists’
activities in the village.
Accordingly, following confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, which showed presence of a
sizable number of the ISWAP elements at designated locations in the
settlement, the Air Task Force dispatched a force package of
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets to attack the location.
The NAF Jets took turns in engaging the location scoring
devastating hits on the designated targets leading to the
destruction of the structures as well as the neutralization of
several ISWAP fighters.
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar,
commends the Air Task Force for their dedication and
professionalism and urges them to intensify the air offensive
against the terrorists and all other criminal elements in the
country.
JOHN ENENCHE
Major General
Coordinator
Defence Media Operations
Defence Headquarters
14 August 2020