The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, said it has neutralised scores of terrorists and destroyed their hideouts in separate air strikes.
The Operations were conducted at Durbada (also known as Bula Mongoro), Abaganaram and Tumbun Rego in Borno.
A statement signed by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, on Saturday, said the raids were conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole between Sept. 13 and Sept. 20.
According to him, the strikes were carried out based on credible Human Intelligence, HUMINT, reports.
Daramola further stated that the HUMINT reports were also confirmed by Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions which pinpointed locations within the settlements that served as hideouts for the terrorists.
He said, “At Durbada, a staging post from where the terrorists launch attacks against own troops locations, the intelligence particularly indicated that a high value Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) leader had been haboured at the location for a number of days.
“The ATF therefore scrambled its aircraft yesterday, Sept. 20, to attack the identified harbour positions within the settlement.
“The attack aircraft scored accurate hits on the targeted locations, destroying some of the buildings and neutralizing dozens of the terrorists.
“The earlier attacks on Abaganaram and Tumbun Rego, which are both on the fringes of the Lake Chad, similarly resulted in massive destruction of the terrorists’ structures as well as the killing of several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters.”
The NAF spokesman said the service would continue in its efforts in collaboration with surface forces to completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in the North East of the country.
