Abuja, Jan.30,2019 (NAN) – The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram logistics base in Sambisa forest, Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
He explained that the operation was carried out on Monday after series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions revealed a resurgence of human and vehicular activities at the logistics base, which had hitherto been abandoned.
» Accordingly, the ATF scrambled two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft to attack the location.
» Overhead the target area, several structures and vehicles were seen camouflaged under the thick vegetation of the Forest, with significant human activity observed within the area.
« The attack aircraft recorded direct hits on the target area resulting in the destruction of several structures and neutralisation of some BHTs, » he said.
Daramola added that the terrorists, who survived the bomb strikes, were seen fleeing the area.
The spokesman said the criminals were mopped-up in follow-on attacks.
