In continuation of the air interdiction missions being conducted as part of subsidiary Operation WUTAR TABKI 2, the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed some dwellings of Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) leaders and Killed several of their fighters in separate airstrikes executed in the Sambisa Forest area as well as at a settlement about 1.7 Km East of Yale, both in Borno State.
A statement by the coordinator Defense Media Operations Major General John Enenche says The air raids were undertaken, 30 November 2020, after credible Human Intelligence reports and a series of aerial surveillance missions had indicated that some of the Terrorists that carried out recent attacks against innocent civilians were harboured in makeshift structures under the dense vegetation of the Sambisa Forest while others were tracked to the settlement East of Yale.
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Accordingly, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships were dispatched to attack the 2 locations. The attack aircraft, while taking turns to engage the targets, delivered lethal bomb and rocket strikes, resulting in the destruction of some of the structures as well as the killing of several terrorists.
(Editor Paul Akhagbemhe)
