Nigerian Military bombs Boko Haram logistics base in Borno
An Alpha Jet of the Nigerian Air Force has bombed a location in Tumbum
Gini in the northern part of Borno State.
The area is believed to be the logistics base of the Boko Haram
terrorists.
A number of the insurgents were killed while structures and vehicles were
destroyed in the process.
Our correspondent learnt that the strike was conducted by troops of the
Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole on Friday.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal
Olatokunbo Adesanya, in a statement on Saturday, said an Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft from the Niger Republic also took part
in the operation.
He said the team conducted the damage assessment for the mission which
enabled the jet strikes to degrade the terrorists.
He added that the air strikes killed “all the terrorists in the
location”, while the base was engulfed in fire.
Adesanya said, “The Air Task Force
of Lafiya Dole in the early hours of Friday destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists’
logistics base at Tumbum Gini in the northern axis of Borno.
“The Battle Damage Assessment revealed that the first wave of the Alpha
Jet aircraft strike on the location totally destroyed the vehicles and other
logistics at the place thereby degrading the terrorists’ capabilities.”
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