The Nigeria Defence Headquarters says it’s Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters and destroyed some of their structures in the Lake Chad area of Borno State.
A statement by Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Eneche said a suspected fuel storage facility, at Tumbun Allura, a terrorists’ logistics was also destroyed.
According to the statement the air raid was executed on Sunday on the heels of credible Human Intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions .
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Eneche said the intellegience led to the identification of a command post as well as a suspected fuel dump, with large number of jerry cans and barrels concealed in make shift structures within the settlement.
He said ” The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft, dispatched by the Air Task Force to engage the location, scored accurate hits in the target area resulting in the destruction of the terrorists’ fuel dump, which was seen engulfed in flames. Several ISWAP elements were also neutralized as a result of the air strike.
