Nigerian Air Force Component of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has
announced that it conducted an air interdiction mission on some remnants of the
Boko Haram terrorists in a village 3.42 km Northeast of Mangosum, Borno State,
at the weekend.
NAF said the air strikes killed several leaders of the Boko
Haram sect.
Olatokunbo Adesanya, Air Commodore, Director of Public
Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
“Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had successfully provided air
cover to troops of 27 Task Force Battalion thereby enabling them to repel an
attack by the Boko Haram Terrorists,” he said.
“Subsequently, a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance aircraft trailed the remnants of the insurgents that attacked
the Battalion to a village near Mangosum, following which the NAF conducted the
air interdiction mission with two Alpha Jet and one F-7Ni aircraft.
“Battle Damage Assessment conducted after the strike showed
that several leaders of the Boko Haram Terrorist Organization and their
followers were killed during the attacks.
“In addition, a sizeable cache of weapons and equipment was
destroyed. With the successful air interdiction, the Nigerian Air Force was
able to frustrate yet another attempt by the remnants of the Boko Haram
Terrorists to regroup in the Sambisa general area”.
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