The Air Task Force of “Operation LAFIYA DOLE” has destroyed Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideouts and neutralized several of their fighters at Ngwuri Gana, along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis, as well as at Tumbuma Baba on the fringes of Lake Chad, both in the Northern part of Borno State.
Confirming the report, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche said this was achieved through air strikes executed on November 27, 2020, as part of a new subsidiary Operation, tagged “WUTAR TABKI II”, after a series of aerial surveillance missions had indicated that the two locations, with structures and logistics items camouflaged under dense vegetation, were being used as staging areas z”where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks.”
He said the coordinated attacks launched by the Air Task Force, employing an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships, resulted in the destruction of some of the terrorists’ structures as well as the neutralization of several ISWAP fighters.
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