Nigerian Air Force component of
Operation Lafiya Dole has conducted an air interdiction mission on some
remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists in a village 3.42 km Northeast of
Mangosum.
According to a statement signed
by Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo
Adesanya, the Nigerian Air Force provided cover to Nigerian Army troops to
repel an attack by the Boko Haram insurgents.
He said, “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."
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.
“A sizeable cache of weapons and
equipment was also destroyed," the Air Commodore added.
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