The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has significantly degraded an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists\u2019 hideout in Northern Borno.<\/p>\n
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said the operation was conducted on Monday, NaN reports.<\/p>\n
Daramola said the ATF also neutralised some of the ISWAP leaders and fighters at Magari on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno.<\/p>\n
He explained that this was accomplished in an air interdiction mission conducted following credible intelligence indicating that some senior ISWAP leaders had arrived the settlement along with some of their fighters.<\/p>\n
\u201d Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions conducted over the weekend confirmed increased level of human activities in the settlement with a prominent ISWAP flag observed near two compounds in the settlement indicating the presence of high-level leaders of the Sect.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccordingly, two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, supported by an ISR platform, were dispatched to attack the identified compounds within the settlement.<\/p>\n
\u201d Overhead the target area, some terrorists were observed in the vicinity of the compounds.<\/p>\n
\u201d The bombs from the two Alpha Jets recorded direct hits on the target compounds resulting in the destruction of several structures, which were seen engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n
\u201d Several of the terrorists were also neutralised in the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The spokesman said the NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, would sustain its operations against terrorists in the North East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has significantly degraded an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists\u2019 hideout in Northern Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said the operation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":7624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[346,47,231,180],"class_list":["post-7622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-air-force","tag-borno","tag-military","tag-terrorist"],"yoast_head":"\n