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BORNO: Insurgents’ hideouts in Gobara, Bakassi destroyed in NAF air raids
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts at Gobara and Bakassi in Borno, killing several Boko Haram fighters.
This was revealed by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
He said that the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE destroyed the hideouts during separate air raids on Friday.
According to Daramola, the settlements were two of the targets selected for attack in the intensive air interdiction operations launched by the ATF on Wednesday.
The attack on Gobara, a settlement in the Sambisa Forest area, was carried out by two Alpha Jets after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions had identified a segment of the settlement being used by Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) fighters to store their logistics and other equipment.
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He said: “The jets scored accurate hits in the target area, leading to the destruction of some of the structures and equipment as well as the killing of several terrorists.
“In a similar vein, another active camp belonging to Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements located at Bakassi on the fringes of Lake Chad in Northern Borno, was successfully attacked and several terrorists killed in air strikes carried out later in the day.
“Overhead the target area, the NAF ISR platform observed significant presence of ISWAP fighters who were attempting to flee the location, upon hearing the sound of the aircraft.
“The attack platforms were vectored to the area of concentration of the terrorists, unleashing their munitions on the target and causing significant damage to the camp and neutralising many terrorists.”
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