Nigerian Fighter Jets Kill Dozens Of Terrorists In North East

In the sustained fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-Eastern part of the country, the Nigerian military said on Sunday that its fighter jets have killed dozens of terrorists and aborted their planned attack on troops location in Borno State, the hotbed of insurgent attacks in Nigeria.

This was disclosed by Major General John Enenche, Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, (CDMO), in an operation update released to journalists in Abuja on Sunday.
General Enenche said the air operation was conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation, LAFIYA DOLE, under a subsidiary Operation WUTAR TABKI.
He said the operation was in continuation of the sustained offensive against terrorist elements in the North East of the country.
The CDMO said the ATF during the operation, destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and neutralized several fighters at Ngwuri Gana along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis as well as at Jumacheri near Damasak in the Northern part of the state.

“This was achieved through separate air interdiction missions carried out on 21 and 22 October 2020 on the heels of Human Intelligence reports as well as series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions indicating that several terrorists had assembled at the 2 locations in preparation to launch attacks against nearby troops’ positions.
“The hits by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships dispatched by the Air Task Force to attack the 2 target areas resulted in the destruction of some structures as well as the neutralization of dozens of terrorists,” Enenche said.