Members of the terrorists group, Boko Haram, are facing more difficult times as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified day and night aerial bombardments of their locations within the North-East region.
This was made known on Saturday by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya.
In a statement he issued in Abuja, he said in the ongoing Operation ‘Ruwan Wuta II,’ NAF conducted air interdiction on some structures in Dure, insurgents infested location, 12km East of Sambisa.
The statement reads in part: “Reports from NAF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms have revealed the gradual resurgence of insurgent activities in the settlement, particularly at the targeted structures, which were hideouts for the terrorists.
“Five aircraft, namely three Alpha Jets and two F-7Ni, conducted the air interdiction missions.
“The Alpha Jet aircraft and the F-Ni aircraft took turns to attack the location with bombs, destroying the targeted structures and killing the terrorists.
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“The Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) conducted after the strikes revealed that some of the structures were razed by the bomb explosions,” he said.
Adesanya also disclosed that on the same day, NAF conducted air interdiction missions on insurgents infested settlement in Mangusum.
He said the location was attacked in succession by the aircraft, which dropped bombs destroying structures in the location and sending a few of the surviving insurgents fleeing.
The statement reads further: “Thereafter, another Alpha Jet aircraft followed up with rocket and cannon attacks in the target area, strafing the fleeing terrorists in the process.
“Subsequent BDA of the attack indicated some burnt structures and significant casualties inflicted on the insurgents.”
He said the operation was a follow up to an earlier one.
According to the statement, the operation had been successful.
