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DHQ says 20 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists killed in NAF aircraft attack

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August 19, 2020

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The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday said that air strikes launched by fighter aircraft of the Nigerian Airforce on Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and their camps in the Lake Chad region left more than 20 of the terrorists dead.

The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who stated this in a statement, said the attacks were launched on Monday, August 17.

“In continuation of air strikes being conducted under subsidiary Operation Hail Storm, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has successfully neutralized some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Commanders and knocked out logistics facilities at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State.

“The Air strikes also neutralized several terrorists at Dole, a settlement in the southern part of Borno State.

“The air interdiction missions were executed on 17 August 2020 on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating a resurgence of terrorists’ activities in the two settlements.

“Bukar Meram, a major ISWAP logistics hub linking other Island settlements of the Lake Chad, which also houses several of their fighters and some of their key leaders, was attacked by an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships which hit designated targets in the area leading to the destruction of the logistics facilities and neutralization of several of the terrorists and their leaders.

“The attack at Dole was carried out after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions showed a build up of activities in the area after the relocation of some terrorists from nearby settlements of Kokiwa and Yale.

“Overhead the area the ISR aircraft spotted no fewer than 20 terrorists in the area, which were taken out by the NAF attack aircraft,” Enenche said.