Facilities and equipment belonging to the terrorists’ group, Boko Haram, have been destroyed following attacks by the Nigerian Air Force.
The attacks, in continuation of Operation Thunder Strike 2, were carried out at Alafa Yagayaga in Sambisa Forest and an ammunition depot in Kusuma on the fringes of Lake Chad, Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
His words: “The air strikes against BHTs at Alafa Yagayaga were targeted at structures within the settlement that had been identified via previous Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions to be rendezvous (RV) points for the insurgents.
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“Consequently, a combination of NAF fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships were detailed to carry out air interdiction on the locations, while the NAF ISR aircraft conducted Battle Damage Assessment (BDA).
“The attack platforms acquired the targets and took turns to attack the location, destroying the structures and killing most of the BHTs in the process.
“The few surviving BHTs, seen fleeing the area, were strafed and neutralised by the helicopter gunships.”
