As part of the ongoing Operation Rattle Snake 2, the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has continued to record tremendous results.
The latest is the destruction of portions of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, tactical Headquarters and neutralisation of some of their fighters at Kollaram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, indicated that the operation was executed in two waves of attacks carried out on January 4 and 5, 2020.
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This followed successive days of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions that led to the identification of compounds within the settlement where the terrorists’ leaders were camping.
Accordingly, the Air Task Force detailed its fighter aircraft to attack the identified hideouts in different parts of the settlement, destroying the structures and killing several terrorists, including a few that were spotted near a cluster of buildings at the northern edge of the location.
The Nigerian Air Force said that it is operating in concert with surface forces, to sustain its air campaign to shape the battle space in the North-East for the effective conduct of further ground and air operations.
