…several fighters neutralized in clearance Operation
By FOLUSHO ALADE, ABUJA
Air strikes from OPERATION HAIL STORM has destroyed Boko Haram terrorists’ structures in the Warshale area of Borno state in a clearance Operation.
According to a report from the Defence Media Operations (DMO) of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Friday, several fighters were also neutralized.
The report contained in a Press release signed by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE said the air operation was executed on the 19th of August, 2020 after credible intelligence reports and series of aerial surveillance missions established that the Warshale settlement was one of those being used by the terrorists as staging area to launch attacks.
The Statement said: “Air strikes being conducted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM have continued to yield tangible results. The latest of these is the destruction of several Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) structures and neutralization of their fighters at Warshale in the Northern part of Borno State on 19 August 2020.
“The mission was executed after credible intelligence reports and series of aerial surveillance missions established that the settlement was one of those being used by the terrorists as staging area to launch attacks.
“ Accordingly, the Air Task Force dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and attack helicopters, which engaged the location recording devastating hits resulting in the obliteration of several structures as well as the neutralization of some of the terrorists.
“The Armed Forces of Nigeria, operating in concert with other security agencies and stakeholders, will sustain its efforts to rid the North East of all terrorists and other criminal elements”, the statement concluded.
