Two Super Tucano fighter jets of the Air Component, Operation Hadin Kai in precision air raids on three Boko Haram enclaves in Sambisa forest have eliminated about 49 BHT also known as as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād in Sambisa forest, Borno State.
Gatekeepers News reports that the multiple airstrikes were conducted by the Air Task Force on Tuesday August 30 and Wednesday August 31, 2022, at the terrorists camps of Gargash, Minna and Gazuwa, in Bama Local Government Area.
Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama confirmed that about 29 terrorists were neutrialised in Gazuwa, one truck with four fighters killed in Gargash and 16 other fighters met their Waterloo in Minna.
The air strikes targeted a terrorist’s moving truck in Gargash killing all its occupants on Aug 30 2022.
The combat aircraft took another turn attacking targets at another location, Minna, dealing crucial hits on the hideouts leading to the neutralization of several Boko Haram fighters while others escaped with bullet wounds.
“On August 31, another airstrike was conducted in Gazuwa after intelligence surveillance revealed a large presence of the fighters who were engaging in some sort of transactions.”
“The ATF, therefore, detailed its fighter jets to attack the two location, killing scores of the terrorist and destroying their equipment, some of which were seen engulfed in flames” he said.
Makama vowed that the Nigerian Air Force, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain their offensives against the terrorists in the North-East.
Recall President Muhammadu Buhari had given a directive to the Military High Command to go all out and stop the madness of terrorists and bandits and as a result the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, charged Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Operational Commanders to ‘show no mercy’ and ensure they employ maximum firepower against terrorists causing insecurity in the country.
