….several fighters neutralized
By FOLUSHO ALADE, ABUJA
The fight against insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminalities received another boost with the report that the Air task force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed Boko Haram terrorists’ logistics facilities in Yamud, Borno state while several insurgents killed.
According to the report from the Defence Media Operations (DMO) of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, the operation was executed on the 11th of August 2020, after credible intelligence reports indicating that the settlement was one of the locations where the terrorists store their logistics and assemble to launch attacks.
The report contained in a Press statement from the Defence Media Operation and signed by its Coordinator, MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE said:
“The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) logistics storage facility and neutralized several of their fighters at Yamud along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis of Borno State.
“ The operation was executed yesterday, 11 August 2020, on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating that the settlement was one of the locations where the terrorists store their logistics and assemble to launch attacks.
“Series of follow-up aerial surveillance missions also showed significant number of terrorists within the settlement and also identified some compounds that were being used as storage facilities and meeting venues.
“ Accordingly, the Air Task Force detailed its fighter jets to attack the location scoring accurate hits leading to the destruction of the designated target structures as well as the neutralization of several of the terrorists”, the statement concluded.
