Nigerian Air Force jets have destroyed workshops, vehicles, fuel and ammunition dumps belonging to terror group Boko Haram in Sambisa forest.
NAF’s Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge who made this known in a recent statement said that the strikes were made possible by the use of drones and the ATR-42 aerial surveillance aircraft.
He assured that the success of the strikes would enhance the achievement of the December deadline for ending insurgency in the country.
The statement ;
“In a renewed drive to further degrade the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) assets, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha jets have successfully carried out air strikes and destroyed the sect’s vehicle workshops, fuel and ammunition dumps all within the Sambisa forest.
“This feat by NAF came as a result of a painstaking Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) efforts by the NAF’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and ATR-42 platforms.
“The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, wishes to assure all Nigerians that with these successful strikes on the insurgents, their capabilities have been further degraded to pave the way for the final onslaught by the land forces to meet the Commander-in-Chief, President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives to bring insurgency in the Northeast to an end."
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