NAF jet strikes Boko Haram location in Northern Borno

The Air campaign component of OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE recorded another major success on Thursday as its 2 x F-7Ni fighter aircraft struck a terrorists’ location at Northern Borno.

The location lies between Tumbum Rego and Malkonory and is about 25km from Kangarwa where own surface forces are currently harboured.

The location, in a statement issued by NAF spokesman, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa said arbours BHT makeshift structures and about 4-6 clusters of solar panels which are used by the Terrorists to power communications equipment and for lighting.

The latest strike is part of the air operations conducted by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in support of the efforts by own surface forces and the Multi National Joint Task Force to rid the northern part of Borno of the remnants BHTs in an operation codenamed “OPERATION GAMA AIKI”.

The location, prior to the strike on Thursday, had been under surveillance for sometimes but was reported active by a NAF Beechcraft aircraft on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission.

Thereafter, the fighter aircraft were immediately scrambled for interdiction. The success of this operation is another major setback for the BHTs even as the NAF intensifies air operations in the Northeast against the insurgents.

More so, it is instructive, he added, to note that the mission on Thursday was conducted by crew amid the Salah celebration. This brings to fore the commitment of NAF personnel towards successfully bringing the hostility in the Northeast to an end within the shortest possible time.