Airforce aircraft kills scores of terrorists, inflicts massive damage to their camps in Borno 

By Augustine Osayande

The Air Task Force of “Operation LAFIYA DOLE”, under subsidiary Operation “HAIL STORM 2” have destroyed Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) Camps and neutralization of scores of their fighters in a night attack at Tongule on 24 September and daytime raids at Bone and Isari B Musa on 25 September 2020.

Confirming the report, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche, said the strike on Tongule was undertaken after surveillance missions revealed continued assembly of the terrorists within the settlement at night-time.

He said the Air Task Force dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter gunships for a night attack on the location, with their barrage of rockets neutralizing several of the terrorists.

According to Enenche at Bone, a settlement along the Yale-Kumshe axis, on the other hand, was attacked by a force package of NAF fighter jets and helicopter gunships after credible intelligence reports established that the location served as a staging area from where the terrorists launch attacks.

He said the NAF attack aircraft engaged the location in multiple bomb and rocket runs, destroying several of their structures and neutralizing scores of terrorists.

He also stated that, at Isari B Musa several terrorists, who were observed both within and in bushes surrounding the settlement, were taken out as the NAF attack aircraft took turns in engaging the target area.