By FOLUSHO ALADE, ABUJA
Air task force of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralized several terrorists operating in the Tumbun Gini area of Borno State in a clearance operation.
According to a report from the Defence Media Operations (DMO) of the Defence headquarters in Abuja, terrorists’ hideouts including logistics structures were also destroyed.
The report contained in a press release made available to Defence correspondents and signed by MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE, Coordinator, DMO said the air strikes executed on the, 30th of December 2020,by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships after series of aerial surveillance missions had indicated that the location with structures and logistics items camouflaged under the dense vegetation, was being used as staging area where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks.
The statement said in full:
“ In continuation of its sustained onslaught against insurgents operating in the North East of the Country, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements and destroyed their hideouts at 1Km North of Tumbun Gini on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State. This was achieved through air strikes executed yesterday, 30 December 2020, after series of aerial surveillance missions had indicated that the location, with structures and logistics items camouflaged under the dense vegetation, was being used as staging area where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks.
“ Accordingly, the ATF dispatched a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location in successive passes. The attack aircraft scored devastating hits in the target area, destroying some structures and neutralizing several of the ISWAP fighters while some survivors were seen fleeing the scene. Consequently, the fleeing ISWAP survivors were hit by second rockets and subsequently moped up”. The statement said.
