Air Force video shows the scene of the airstrikes on Boko Haram
Logistics Base in Borno State. Credit: Defence
Headquarters.
The military on Saturday said it has neutralised several
Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements and
destroyed their hideouts.
According to a statement signed by spokesman John Enenche, the
airstrikes were carried out on Friday by a new subsidiary operation
of Operation Lafiya Dole tagged ‘Wutar Kabir II’.
The airstrikes, the military said, were carried out after series
of aerial surveillance missions had confirmed the terrorist’s
location.
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“The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized
several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements and
destroyed their hideouts at Ngwuri Gana, along the Gulumba
Gana-Kumshe axis, as well as at Tumbuma Baba on the fringes of Lake
Chad, both in the Northern part of Borno State,” the military’s
statement said.
“The coordinated attacks launched by the Air Task Force,
employing an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF)
fighter jets and helicopter gunships, resulted in the destruction
of some of the terrorists’ structures as well as the neutralization
of several ISWAP fighters.”
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