BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists that carried out recent attacks in parts of Borno and Adamawa States.
The air interdiction conducted at the ‘S’ Region in the heart of the Sambisa forest was carried out after series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, revealed the terrorists responsible for recent attacks in the North-East states came from the bombed location.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said in a statement that; “Air interdiction missions being conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have continued to deal decisive blows on terrorist elements in the North East of the Country.
“The latest of these was achieved yesterday, 28 December 2020, at the ‘S’ Region in the heart of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.”
According to Major General Enenche; “The air strike, which was executed employing a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets, was carried out after series of Intelligence; Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions revealed that the terrorists responsible for recent attacks in the Southern part of Borno and Northern part of Adamawa State had originated from the location.
“Accordingly, the NAF attack aircraft engaged the target area in successive passes, leading to the destruction of some of their structures and logistics stores, including a suspected anti-aircraft gun station as the terrorists fired at the NAF aircraft.
“Several insurgents were also neutralized in the process”, the statement said
Air interdiction (AI), also known as deep air support (DAS), is the use of preventive tactical bombing and strafing by combat aircraft against enemy targets that are not an immediate threat, in order to delay, disrupt, or hinder later enemy engagement of friendly forces.
