THE NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NAF, AIR ASSETS SAYS IN A CLOSE COORDINATION WITH NIGERIAN THE ARMY TROOPS, THEY HAVE ELIMINATED SEVERAL TERRORISTS DURING A FOILED INFILTRATION ATTEMPT AT MALAM FATORI IN ABADAM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BORNO STATE IN THE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ALSO AT BIRMA THE AIR COMPONENT, OPERATING UNDER JOINT TASK FORCE OF OPERATION HADIN KAI, HAS SUCCESSFULLY DESTROYED TERRORISTS MULTIPLE STRUCTURES THUS DEGRADING THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE FROM THE AREA KNOWN AS TERRORIST HIDEOUTS IN ABIRMA, A CONFIRMED INSURGENT ENCLAVE IN THE SOUTHERN AXIS OF THE LAKE CHAD REGION OF BORNO STATE. THIS FOLLOWED A PRECISION AIR INTERDICTION MISSION CONDUCTED AGAINST THE TERRORIST HIDEOUTS.
A STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION, AIR COMMODORE EHIMEN EJODAME INDICATES THAT BASED ON CREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE , NAF AIR ASSETS EXECUTED PRECISION STRIKES ON THE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE TERRORIST STRUCTURES AND THE DISRUPTION OF THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.
PRELIMINARY BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT INDICATES THAT THE STRIKES SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED THE TERRORISTS’ CAPACITY TO UTILISE THE LOCATION AS A STAGING GROUND FOR ATTACKS ACROSS THE LAKE CHAD BASIN.
THE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF, AIR MARSHAL SUNDAY KELVIN ANEKE, REASSURED NIGERIANS THAT SUSTAINED AIR OPERATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE THEATRES REMAIN FOCUSED ON PROTECTING INNOCENT LIVES, SAFEGUARDING COMMUNITIES, AND DENYING TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THE FREEDOM TO OPERATE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
