The Nigeria Air Force said its Air Task Force has destroyed a Boko Haram command and control centre at Dusula on the fringes of the Sambisa forest.
Air Force spokesperson, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement said that the operation followed a series of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, ISR, missions which revealed solar panels, communications equipment and other facilities at the command centre.
The statement said the bombardment targeted the remnants of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWA, terrorists in northeast of Nigeria, under the Operation Green Sweep 3, aimed at identifying and destroying terrorists’ positions in the troubled Borno state.
It also further disclosed that the structures housing the command centre were destroyed in the air strikes while several of the terrorists were killed.
The Nigerian Air Force restated its determination to flush out the terrorists in the northeast in collaboration with the ground forces.
