The Nigerian Air
Force (NAF) has bombarded the Boko Haram terrorists’ camp at Alafa ‘C’ in the
heart of Sambisa forest in Borno State.
This was contained
in a statement on Friday by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of
Public Relations and Information.
He said the
operation was conducted on Thursday through the Air Task Force (ATF) of
Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the auspices of Operation DECISIVE EDGE.
Daramola disclosed
that the raid followed confirmatory Intelligence Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) missions which established that several compounds in the
settlement were being used by Boko Haram to train their fighters.
“The bomb strikes
and rocket salvos from the ATF’s fighter jets hit the designated compounds,
obliterating most of the structures and neutralising some of the BHT
occupants,” he said.
Daramola asserted
that NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, would sustain its air campaigns
against the terrorists’ hideouts to shape the battle space for the effective
conduct of further ground and air operations.
Operation DECISIVE
EDGE, a new air interdiction operation was initiated to specifically target
known Boko Haram Terrorists hideouts that were inaccessible to ground forces.
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