Air strikes being conducted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of
Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM
have continued to yield tangible results. The latest of these is
the destruction of several Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’)
structures and neutralization of their fighters at Warshale in the
Northern part of Borno State on 19 August 2020.
The mission was executed after credible intelligence reports and
series of aerial surveillance missions established that the
settlement was one of those being used by the terrorists as staging
area to launch attacks. Accordingly, the Air Task Force dispatched
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and attack helicopters, which
engaged the location recording devastating hits resulting in the
obliteration of several structures as well as the neutralization of
some of the terrorists.
The Armed Forces of Nigeria, operating in concert with other
security agencies and stakeholders, will sustain its efforts to rid
the North East of all terrorists and other criminal elements.
JOHN ENENCHE
Major General
Coordinator
Defence Media Operations
Defence Headquarters
21 August 2020