The Nigerian Air Force says the Air
Component of Operation Lafiya Dole has carried out air strikes on a Boko
Haram location in Northern Borno.
A statement signed by its Director of
Public Relations and Information, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said the
strikes represented another major success in NAF’s air campaign against
the insurgents in Northern Borno.
According to the statement made
available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the latest strike is part of
the air operations conducted by NAF in support of the efforts by own
surface forces and the Multi National Joint Task Force
The statement said the location in
Northern Borno “lies between Tumbum Rego and Malkonory and is about 25km
from Kangarwa, where own surface forces are currently harboured.
“The location, as can be seen from the
enclosed footage, harbours the insurgents’ makeshift structures and
about 4 to 6 clusters of solar panels, which are used by the terrorists
to power communications equipment and for lighting.’’
Famuyiwa further said the latest strike
was to rid the northern part of Borno of the remnants of insurgents in
an operation codenamed “OPERATION GAMA AIKI”.
The statement explained that the
location had been under surveillance even before the air strike, but was
reported active by a NAF Beech Craft on Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) mission.
“Thereafter, the fighter aircraft was immediately scrambled for interdiction.
“The success of this operation is
another major setback for the insurgents even as NAF intensifies air
operations in the North-East against the insurgents,’’ the statement
added.
The statement said that the mission was
carried out amid the Sallah celebration, adding: “this brings to fore,
the commitment of NAF personnel towards successfully bringing the
hostility in the North-East to an end within the shortest possible time.
No comments:
Post a Comment