20 Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists, Commanders Killed in Lake Chad ― NAF
The Defence Headquarters has said that following the Air Strikes by the Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft against terrorists and their camps in the Lake Chad region, more than 20 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists were liquidated on Monday,
Major General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Enenche said that “In continuation of airstrikes being conducted under subsidiary Operation Hail Storm, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has successfully neutralized some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Commanders and knocked out logistics facilities at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State.
“The Air strikes also neutralized several terrorists at Dole, a settlement in the Southern part of Borno State.
“The air interdiction missions were executed on 17 August 2020 on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating a resurgence of terrorists’ activities in the 2 settlements”.
He also said, “Bukar Meram, a major ISWAP logistics hub linking other Island settlements of the Lake Chad, which also houses several of their fighters and some of their key leaders, was attacked by an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships which hit designated targets in the area leading to the destruction of the logistics facilities and neutralization of several of the terrorists and their leaders.
“The attack at Dole was carried out after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions showed a buildup of activities in the area after the relocation of some terrorists from nearby settlements of Kokiwa and Yale.
“Overhead the area the ISR aircraft spotted no fewer than 20 terrorists in the area, which were taken out by the NAF attack aircraft.”