Military reports from Nigeria indicate that the country’s air force conducted precision airstrikes targeting terrorists’ positions. The reports show that at least 37 Boko Haram terrorists were killed and several others escaped with critical wounds in separate bombardments conducted in the restive Northeast Nigeria.
The Nigerian Army spokesperson explained that the intelligence-led operation successfully executed on October 30 targeted terrorists’ enclaves in Northeast Nigeria and added that the onslaught will continues for several days.
The troops observed the movement of six-gun trucks within the Sambisa Forest general area, which were subsequently located at a settlement near Yuwe. The trucks later moved to a remote location, where they were joined by other terrorists in what seemed like a convergence for a meeting.
More than 50 Boko Haram fighters were observed to have gathered at the meeting. Having identified the terrorists’ hideout, the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai immediately dispatched two aircraft to conduct airstrikes on the location causing massive casualties on the terrorists group.
The strikes, which were carried out under cover of darkness, were successful and devastating, as battle damage assessment corroborated by local sources revealed that over 37 Boko Haram terrorists were neutralized, while several of them reportedly suffered varying degrees of injury.
In another development the aircraft retreated to base after the air interdiction, the combat aircrew located another set of four-gun trucks about six kilometres South West of Bama, relayed the coordinates of the location of the gun trucks to troops of the land component at Bama, who promptly engaged the location with artillery fire bombardment, neutralizing the insurgents’ gun trucks
The successful joint operations conducted by both the air and land components, with the support of other security agencies under Operation Hadin Kai has yet again underscored the importance of collaboration and cooperation in the fight against terrorism and insurgents.
