Air force kills ISWAP commanders, fighters in Lake Chad area, southern Borno

As the military continue its onslaught against terrorists in North east Nigeria, the Nigerian Air Force component of Operation Lafiya Dole,  under a subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM, have killed some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders during air strike at Bukar Mean along the fringes of Lake Chad area of Borno state.

The strikes also destroyed several logistic facilities of the terrorists group in the area. 

The Air force also killed several of the group fighters 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,  Coordinator Defence Media Operations,  Maj.  Gen.  John Enenche disclosed in a statement.

Bukar Meram is a major ISWAP logistics hub thag links other Island settlements of the Lake Chad.  It also houses several of the terrorists  fighters and some of their key leaders.

Enenche said the terrorists were  attacked by an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force fighter jets and helicopter gunships.  He said the aircrafts  struke  designated targets in the area,  which he said led 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, ” he said. 

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

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