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  • Air Force Bombs Boko Haram members in Sambisa Forest

    The Nigerian Air Force Monday said it has launched series of air strikes on members of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group who were regrouping at the fringes of the Sambisa forest in Borno state.

    According to the spokesman of the Air Force, Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the massive attacks were conducted night and day against the terrorists’ facilities in the general area.

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    Commodore Daramola said in a statement supported with the video clip of the attacks that fleeing Boko Haram members were also dislodged in their abode with helicopter gunships.

    The statement reads: “The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, between 10 and 18 August 2018, conducted massive day and night attacks against remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and their facilities.

    “The attacks, which were preceded by days of intensive Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, were planned and executed based on credible intelligence indicating that the BHTs were making moves to regroup around the fringes of Sambisa.

    “The first air strike was a daytime mission executed on 10 August 2018 at a location 4.5 Km Northwest of Arra around the fringes of Sambisa, where ISR had confirmed that BHTs were regrouping to launch attacks against our troops in the general area. Accordingly, the ATF detailed an Alpha Jet to attack the location.

    “Overhead the area of interest, the Alpha Jet acquired and engaged targets, destroying parts of the settlement and neutralizing several BHTs. Intelligence reports later revealed that some of the surviving BHTs had converged at another location 4.8Km West of Arra.

    “Consequently, the ATF deployed Mi-35M helicopter gunships for a night attack on the new location on 18 August 2018, resulting in the death of dozens of BHTs.”

  • NAF destroys Boko Haram Terrorists logistics base at Tumbum Gini

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said its Air Task Force ( ATF ) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists ( BHT ) logistics base at Tumbum Gini in the northern axis of Borno.

    AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, who confirmed this in a statement issued on Saturday, in Abuja, said the operation was carried out on April 27.

    “‘A Nigerien Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ( ISR ) aircraft conducted the Battle Damage Assessment ( BDA ) for the mission.

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    ” The BDA revealed that the first wave of a Nigerian Air Force ( NAF ) Alpha Jet aircraft strike on the location totally destroyed the vehicles and other logistics items at the place thereby further degrading the terrorists’ capabilities.

    ” Furthermore, at the end of the attack, the entire BHT location was engulfed in fire and all the terrorists in the location were neutralised,” he said.

    NAN

  • Air Force destroys Boko Haram Bomb-making facility

    Air Force destroys Boko Haram Bomb-making facility

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Wednesday that its component of the Operation Lafiya Dole has successfully destroyed a facility being used by the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) to manufacture Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

    According to the Director of Information and Public Relations of the NAF, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya the facility was located in Yiwe, south of Konduga, Borno state.

    Adesanya said in a statement supported with a video footage of the operation that the suicide bombing which rocked part of Maiduguri, Borno state capital on November 18 was planned from the Boko Haram Terrorists’ facility.

    ​The statement reads: “In furtherance of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on 20 November 2017, successfully destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) facility for manufacturing of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

    “The BHT facility, which was in a place known as YIWE Forest, located 23km south of Konduga in Borno State.

    “Previous NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions had revealed the location to be a BHT hideout, from where the Maiduguri suicide bombing of 18 November 2017 was reportedly planned.

    “Available Human Intelligence also revealed that the hideout contained IED-making facility for the insurgents’ suicide bombing attacks.

    “Accordingly, one Mi-17 Helicopter, 2 x Alpha Jet and 2 x F-7Ni aircraft were detailed to carry out air interdiction on the target over a 2-day period. Overhead the location, the aircraft took turns to deliver a combination of bombs, rockets and cannons on the target.

    “The subsequent Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) revealed that the strikes had destroyed the IED-making facility and other BHT structures, killing an unspecified number of insurgents in the process. The air strikes also caused a huge flame within the settlement, owing to the cache of IEDs stored by the BHTs, while a few fleeing insurgents were further strafed with cannons and rockets”.

  • Air Force sustains Air strikes against Boko Haram

    Air Force sustains Air strikes against Boko Haram

    The Nigerian Air Force continued its air strikes against the Boko Haram insurgent group Tuesday with the bombing of the terrorists’ hideout in Sambisa forest.

    According to the Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, the latest operations have led to the destruction of structures belonging to the insurgents.

    Adesanya said in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja that the air interdiction was carried out by the Alpha Jet F-Ni aircraft.

    He said: “On the fourth day of the ongoing intensive bombardment of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) hideouts in the Sambisa general area, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducted air interdiction on a BHT settlement in Njimia on 10 September 2017.

    “NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms had previously confirmed that several structures used by the terrorists as meeting points were in the location.

    “The air interdiction was conducted by the Alpha Jet and F-7Ni aircraft, which took turns to attack the location with bombs. Subsequent Battle Damage Assessment showed that the targeted BHT structures were destroyed as a result of the attacks.

    “The attacks were designed to further break the will and capability of the BHTs to regroup against own surface forces”.

  • Air Force, Army rain bombs on Boko Haram

    Air Force, Army rain bombs on Boko Haram

    A large number of Boko Haram terrorists have been killed in two successive air strikes conducted by the Nigerian Air Force Monday and an ambush laid in another operation by troops of the 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army.

    The air strikes were carried out at Zanari, in Borno state, while the ground troops of the operation Lafiya Dole component also neutrilized scores of insurgents in an ambush at Bocost along Ngurosoye-Bama road, in Borno state.

    In a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, the insurgents were hit by two aircrafts in rapid succession with the structures housing them going up in flames.

    The NAF air operations were supported with video footages released by Air Commodore Adesanya.

    Adesanya said: “In furtherance of the recently commenced Operation RUWAN WUTA, on 7 September 2017, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducted air interdiction on structures with 2 hoisted Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) Organization flags in Zanari, a known location with significant BHT presence at the northern fringes of Borno State bordering Lake Chad.

    “Quite a number of BHTs had earlier been spotted, from a NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance platform, entering the buildings apparently for meetings.

    “The F-7Ni and the Alpha Jet aircraft were detailed to attack the target. Overhead the location, the target was acquired and engaged by the 2 aircraft, in rapid succession. Subsequent Battle Damage Assessment revealed that the targeted structures went up in flames, killing its occupants.

    “The objective of Operation RUWAN WUTA is to further degrade the capability of the BHTs thereby preventing them from regrouping to cause havoc for our surface forces.

    “The Operation also aims at softening the ground for our surface forces to subsequently move in and conduct mopping up operations”

    Meanwhile Nigerian Army Spokesperson, Brig.General Sani Usman in a statement said: “the Troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army on operation LAFIYA DOLE, at the early hours of Sunday 10th September 2017, laid a successful ambush on a suspected Boko Haram terrorists crossing point at Bocost along Ngurosoye -Bama road, Borno State.

    “The Troops neutralized a large number of the Boko Haram terrorists, while other terrorists sustained gunshot wounds.

    “The troops recovered the following items from the terrorists; 1 AK 47 rifle with the registration number 1029, 1 AK 47 magazine, 60 rounds of 7.62mm Special, 3 Bicycles, 4 Empty Jerricans, a Cutlass and the cash sum of Five Thousand and Six Hundred Naira (N5, 600.00k) only”.