The Nigerian Air Force says Air
Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist
(BHT) logistics base, along with some vehicles, at Tumbun Sale in northern
Borno.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola,
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, in a statement on Thursday,
said the operation was carried out on Tuesday.
“The operation was conducted on
Oct.23 after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions
revealed the presence of some BHT vehicles and several fighters camouflaged
under thick vegetation within the area, where the BHTs had converged in order
to launch attacks against own troops’ positions,” he said.
“Accordingly, the ATF scrambled 2
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, supported by an ISR platform, to
attack the target area in multiple waves,” he said.
Daramola said that the first wave
of attacks recorded direct hits on a suspected BHT ammunition/fuel dump,
sending it up in flames.
He said that subsequent air
strikes also resulted in the destruction of some vehicles and killing of
several Boko Haram terrorists, adding that the few surviving BHTs, that were
seen fleeing the area, were mopped-up in follow-up attacks.
The spokesman said that the NAF,
working in concert with land forces, would sustain the tempo of operations with
a view to destroying all remnants of the terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad
and other areas in Northern Borno.
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