Boko Haram: NAF neutralizes insurgents in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralized dozens of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at Bula Korege on the fringes of the Sambisa forest in Borno State.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement to NAN on Wednesday in Abuja. said it also destroyed the insurgents’ infrastructures.
Daramola maintained that the operation was conducted through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the auspices of “Operation DECISIVE EDGE adding that sequel to credible intelligence reports, massive air strikes were conducted in two waves of attack on March 6 .
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He said the reports indicated that the BHTs had relocated some of their fighters to the settlement to reinforce the location preparatory to attacks on troops’ locations and surrounding civilian settlements.
“Consequently, the ATF dispatched an enhanced force package of several attack aircraft and a surveillance platform to engage the location.
“Overhead the target area, the significant activity of the fighters was observed in different parts of the settlements.
“The NAF fighter jets took turns in attacking the target area, neutralizing many BHTs and destroying their structures in successive passes.
“After the first wave of strikes, the terrorists reassembled at another part of the settlement where they were tracked and mopped-up,” he said
Daramola assured that the NAF operating in concert with surface forces would sustain its air campaign against the terrorists’ hideouts to shape the battlespace for the effective conduct of further ground and air operations.
