The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) claims to have attacked terrorist hideouts in Borno and Katsina states numerous times, killing several terrorists and crippling their operational networks.
According to a statement from the NAF Group Capt. Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information. The airstrikes were carried out between March 17 and March 19 according to Kabiru Ali on Friday.
On March 17, NAF launched a devastating airstrike on Chiralia, a infamous terrorist enclave in the Timbuktu Triangle.
A formidable force of NAF attack aircraft launched a precise and overwhelming assault, destroying numerous enemy installations and putting down terrorists who were desperately trying to escape with follow-up strikes,” Ali said.
Additionally, the airstrikes targeted Yuwe, a notorious insurgent fortress in Sambisa Forest, and Grazah, a well-defended terrorist hideout in the Mandara Mountains.
NAF fighter jets launched a relentless barrage of precise strikes on important targets, advancing purposefully into lethality, in a ferocious assault.
Following-up strikes heightened the offensive, destroying terrorists who were attempting to flee from both locations and destroying their operational networks, Ali added.
In close collaboration with ground forces, the NAF carried out a relentless aerial assault in the north-west of Katsina’s Zango Hill.
The precision strikes targeted regrouping fighters trying to avoid destruction, while follow-up bombardments targeted enemy positions. ”
Ali claims that recent NAF airstrikes have significantly slowed down terrorist activity in the area.
