The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai have killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed key infrastructure in Sambisa Forest and the Tumbuns axis of Borno State
The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Ejodame said the operations targeted terrorists’ enclaves, logistics hubs and fortified hideouts based on credible intelligence.
According to him, NAF aircraft carried out a major air interdiction mission on April 30 at Alafa in the Sambisa axis, where identified terrorist infrastructure and supply nodes were engaged and destroyed.
He added that the troops sustained the offensive on May 1 with another strike on terrorist positions at Metele in the Tumbuns.
“Intelligence and surveillance revealed a fortified island stronghold with entrenched fighters, storage facilities and defensive trench systems.
“NAF aircraft delivered precise strikes on the location, neutralising scores of insurgents and decimating the structure,” the spokesman stated.
Ejodame noted that the sustained operations were part of a deliberate strategy to maintain continuous pressure on terrorist elements and deny them the ability to regroup.
