By FOLUSHO ALADE,ABUJA
Air strikes from the air task force of Operation Wutar Tabki II, a newly launched subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts in the Ngwuri Gana and Tumbuma Baba areas of Borno State in a clearance operation.
According to the latest reports from the Defence Media Operations (DMO) of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja the air strikes were executed on the 27th, of November 2020, as part of a new subsidiary Operation, tagged “WUTAR TABKI II”.
The report indicated that the two locations were being used as staging areas where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks.
The report contained in a press release signed by MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations said:
“The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements and destroyed their hideouts at Ngwuri Gana, along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis, as well as at Tumbuma Baba on the fringes of Lake Chad, both in the Northern part of Borno State.
“This was achieved through air strikes executed yesterday, 27 November 2020, as part of a new subsidiary Operation, tagged “WUTAR TABKI II”, after series of aerial surveillance missions had indicated that the 2 locations, with structures and logistics items camouflaged under dense vegetation, were being used as staging areas where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks.
“The coordinated attacks launched by the Air Task Force, employing an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships, resulted in the destruction of some of the terrorists’ structures as well as the neutralization of several ISWAP fighters”. The statement said.
