{"id":22259,"date":"2020-03-06T17:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=22259"},"modified":"2020-03-06T17:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:55:22","slug":"nigeria-air-force-rain-bombs-on-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-air-force-rain-bombs-on-boko-haram","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Air Force rain bombs on Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has bombarded the Boko Haram terrorists\u2019 camp at Alafa \u2018C\u2019 in the heart of Sambisa forest in Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Friday by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information.<\/p>\n<p>He said the operation was conducted on Thursday through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the auspices of Operation DECISIVE EDGE.<\/p>\n<p>Daramola disclosed that the raid followed confirmatory Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions which established that several compounds in the settlement were being used by Boko Haram to train their fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bomb strikes and rocket salvos from the ATF\u2019s fighter jets hit the designated compounds, obliterating most of the structures and neutralising some of the BHT occupants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Daramola asserted that NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, would sustain its air campaigns against the terrorists\u2019 hideouts to shape the battle space for the effective conduct of further ground and air operations.<\/p>\n<p>Operation DECISIVE EDGE, a new air interdiction operation was initiated to specifically target known Boko Haram Terrorists hideouts that were inaccessible to ground forces due.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has bombarded the Boko Haram terrorists\u2019 camp at Alafa \u2018C\u2019 in the heart of Sambisa forest in Borno State. This was contained in a statement on Friday by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information. 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