Air strikes kill terrorists in Borno, pound hideouts in Katsina, Others

Newly inaugurated Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, swung into action at the weekend.

In a coordinated intelligence-driven action, scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists were bombed out of existence as they gathered for another dastardly act.

The strikes, which also destroyed the enemy’s cache of arms, took place around the Lake Chad area of Borno State – the epicentre of the Boko Haram terrorists.

In two other strikes by the Air Force, hideouts of terrorists gathering in Katsina and Kwara were wiped out.

NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, gave an account of how the Air Force took the battle to the terrorists on Sunday.

He said: “Air assets conducted precision strikes southeast of Shuwaram before shifting to Mallam Fatori, where ISWAP elements were observed mobilising with motorcycles and boats along the Lake Chad Basin.

“The strikes destroyed insurgent hideouts, logistics hubs, and weapons storage facilities, eliminating several terrorists and crippling their mobility capabilities.

“Post-strike assessments confirmed multiple neutralisations and a significant degradation of ISWAP’s operational networks in the area.”

The statement added that while airstrikes were ongoing in the Northeast, another NAF fighter jet carried out precision air interdiction missions over Garin Dandi and Chigogo in Kwara State, striking bandit camps with “devastating accuracy.”

According to the statement, the attacks based on credible intelligence left the bandits suffering heavy losses.  

In a similar operation, air assets under Operation FANSAN YAMMA struck Zango Hill, which harbours a terrorist kingpin and his fighters in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Some of the terrorists were killed and their logistics hubs destroyed.

According to the statement, the attacks based on credible intelligence left the bandits suffering heavy losses.  

In a similar operation, air assets under Operation FANSAN YAMMA struck Zango Hill, which harbours a terrorist kingpin and his fighters in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Some of the terrorists were killed and their logistics hubs destroyed.