The Air Task Force of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, of Operation Lafiya Dole, has destroyed a logistics base of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.
The base is located at Tumbum Gini in the northern axis of Borno.
The operation was carried out on April 27 according to NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya in a statement he issued.
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The statement reads: “A Nigerien Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft conducted the Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) for the mission.
“The BDA revealed that the first wave of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft strike on the location totally destroyed the vehicles and other logistics items at the place thereby further degrading the terrorists’ capabilities.
“Furthermore, at the end of the attack, the entire BHT location was engulfed in fire and all the terrorists in the location were neutralised.”