{"id":23163,"date":"2020-03-28T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23163"},"modified":"2020-03-28T16:07:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T16:07:15","slug":"troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno","title":{"rendered":"Troops neutralise terrorists, destroy logistics facilities in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Headquarters, on Saturday, disclosed that several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) have been neutralised in air strikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) at Valangide in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, stated that the terrorists\u2019 structures and logistics supplies were also destroyed.<br \/>\nOnyeuko said the mission was conducted on March 27, in continuation of subsidiary Operation Decisive Edge.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was carried out after an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft spotted and tracked some terrorists to compounds within the settlement where they resided in some well-developed structures.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the theatre command of OPLD consequently scrambled its fighter jets to engage the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jets were vectored to the target by the ISR aircraft, with their munitions making direct hits in the target area, neutralizing some of the BHTs and damaging some of their dwellings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Armed Forces of Nigeria, in furtherance of the objective of restoring peace and security in the Northeast, will continue to sustain the offensive against the enemies of our Nation,\u201d NAN quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Defence Headquarters, on Saturday, disclosed that several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) have been neutralised in air strikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) at Valangide in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State. The Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, in a statement on Saturday in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":18152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[45,836],"class_list":["post-23163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-boko-haram","tag-terrorist-attacks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troops neutralise terrorists, destroy logistics facilities in Borno - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:The Defence Headquarters, on Saturday, disclosed that several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) have been neutralised in air strikes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops neutralise terrorists, destroy logistics facilities in Borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:The Defence Headquarters, on Saturday, disclosed that several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) have been neutralised in air strikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-28T16:07:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/boko-haram-696x392.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"392\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Troops neutralise terrorists, destroy logistics facilities in Borno\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-28T16:07:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/boko-haram-696x392.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Boko Haram\",\"terrorist attacks\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralise-terrorists-destroy-logistics-facilities-in-borno\",\"name\":\"Troops neutralise terrorists, destroy logistics facilities in Borno - 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