The Nigerian military has killed at least 19 suspected terrorists in a series of precision airstrikes on insurgent positions in Borno State.
The operations targeted areas around Bulabulutube in Ngala Local Government Area and parts of the Lake Chad region. The details were shared on Wednesday in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert focused on the Lake Chad basin.
According to Makama, citing security sources, the first strike took place at about 7:56 p.m. on November 8. Aerial surveillance had spotted roughly 30 terrorist fighters gathered under a tree in Bulabulutube. A military aircraft carried out a precision strike on the group. Battle damage assessment indicated that about 15 terrorists were killed, and parts of a nearby building were destroyed.
The aircraft then tracked five fleeing terrorists who had taken cover under another tree and launched a second strike. Assessment showed four more were killed. A secondary explosion was observed, pointing to the possible destruction of explosives or other supplies.
In a related operation, the aircraft moved toward the Lake Chad area after receiving intelligence about a suspected terrorist logistics structure at a crossing point. A precision strike destroyed the structure. No further movement was seen in the area afterward.
The strikes inflicted a significant setback on terrorist formations and logistics networks operating along the Lake Chad axis. The military is expected to continue intelligence-driven aerial surveillance and precision strikes aimed at weakening insurgents’ capabilities, disrupting their supply lines, and denying them safe havens across the North-East.
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