NAF Jets Kill More ISWAP Terrorists, Destroy Hideouts in Bornu
By Kassim Omomia, Abuja
The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters and destroyed their hideouts at Tudun Wulgo and Tumbun Gini on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State.
A statement issued by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General, John Enenche, said the feat was achieved through air strikes executed yesterday as part of a new subsidiary Operation, tagged “WUTAR TABKI”,
He explained that Air task force struck their targets after series of aerial surveillance missions had indicated that the two locations, with structures and logistics items camouflaged under the dense vegetation, were being used as staging areas as well as a spot where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks.
“Accordingly, the Air Task Force dispatched a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to engage the 2 locations. The attack aircraft scored devastating hits in the target areas, destroying some structures and neutralizing several of the terrorists” Enenche further stated
