The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and neutralized some of their fighters in separate airstrikes in Lake Chad and Sambisa forest areas of Borno, the Defence Headquarters says.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Enenche said the airstrike launched on Aug. 16 killed several terrorists while destroying their hideouts and logistics structures at Tumbuma Baba and Boboshe in the state.
He mentioned that the attack was carried out on the first day of missions of a new subsidiary Operation codenamed “HAIL STORM”.
The attack was carried out after intelligence reports that some ISWAP fighters and some of their leaders were in some structures concealed under the thick vegetation of the area.
“Several terrorists were similarly neutralized and some of their dwellings destroyed at Boboshe, a village along the river line on the Eastern part of the Sambisa Forest, as the NAF jets took turns in engaging the location,” Enenche added.
