Twenty six terrorists have died after A coordinated air strikes by the Nigerian Airforce on two camps of the ISWAP in Sigir and Yarwa Kuwa on the fringes of Lake Chad.
A source in the lake Chad, who confirmed to ait.live noted that combat aircraft attacked a gathering of the terrorists in Sigir, eliminating 9 of them instantly while a building which was converted to a mosque and a storage facility was also destroyed.
The source added that another air strike was conducted at Yarwa Kura, leading to the killing of 17 terrorists while many others were wounded.
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According to him, week-long sustained intensified intelligence-led Air Strikes, heavy artillary bombardment and ground, offensives by the Nigerian Military troops of Operation Hadin Kai on the identified hideouts and enclaves of the terrorists in the North Eastern Sambisa forest in Borno State have exerted so much pressure on the fighters and totally disoriented them.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
