The Nigerian Airforce said on Tuesday that its fighter aircraft successfully neutralized scores of Boko Haram terrorists who were regrouping in North East Borno with a view to carrying out attacks in Borno state.
A statement detailing the operation said, “At dawn on 28 April 2017, the Nigerian Air Force Component of Operation Lafiya Dole conducted an air interdiction mission on some remnants of the Boko Haram Terrorists in a village 3.42 km Northeast of Mangosum.
On the previous day, the 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.
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Subsequently, a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft trailed the remnants of the insurgents that attacked the Battalion to a village near Mangosum.
The NAF attack through air interdiction mission was conducted with two Alpha Jet and one F-7Ni aircraft.
A statement signed by Air Commodore Olatokumbo Adesanya, Director of NAF Public Relations said, “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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