The Nigerian Air Forces said yesterday that the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, neutralised scores of Boko Haram terrorists through a successful air strikes in YUWE in Borno state. NAF spokesperson, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya said the incident happened on Saturday 28 April 2018.
He said the mission was conducted following intelligence report that BHTs fighters were hibernating in the settlement. “Consequently, the ATF detailed Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft and one Mi-35 Helicopter gunship to conduct Air Interdiction on the BHT location in 2 waves,” he said. “
Overhead the location, the NAF fighter aircraft acquired and attacked the terrorists in the settlement with bombs, rockets and canons while a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) conducted Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) of the mission.
“The BDA revealed that at the end of the attack, some of the buildings in the location were successfully destroyed and engulfed in fi re while the occupying terrorists were neutralized. Thereafter, some of the terrorists that survived were seen scampering for safety, with various degrees of wounds. The fighter aircraft then attacked the fleeing Boko Haram terrorists in subsequent waves of attack.”
