INSURGENCY: AIR TASKFORCE NEUTRALIZE MORE BOKO HARAM MEMBERS.
The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has knocked out an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics base and neutralized several of their fighters in air strikes conducted at Tumbun Rego on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State.
Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major Gen. John Enenche made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Abuja, Tuesday.
He noted that the mission was executed on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating that the location, with its makeshift structures camouflaged under dense vegetation, was being used by the terrorists as a hub for logistics items conveyed via the lake and its tributaries for onward transportation using trucks/ motorcycles.
According to him, the Air Task Force therefore dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location, resulting in the destruction of the terrorists’ structures as well as the neutralization of several of their fighters.
Enenche said the Military High Command commends the Air Task Force for their professionalism and urges them to remain resolute in the conduct of operations in order to rid the Country of all terrorists elements.
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