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.
Reports say the multiple airstrikes were conducted by the air task force on Tuesday August 30 and Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the terrorist camps of Gargash, Minna and Gazuwa, in Bama local government area.
It was also disclosed that the air strikes targeted a moving truck of the terrorists in Gargash killing all its occupants on Aug 30.
The source added that the combat aircraft took another turn attacking targets at another location given as Minna, scoring crucial hits on the hideouts leading to the neutralization of several Boko haram fighters while others escaped with bullet wounds.
On August 31, another air strike was conducted in Gazuwa after intelligence surveillance revealed a large presence of the fighters who were engaging in some sort of transactions.
Counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the lake chad region, Zagazola Makama who confirmed the onslaught noted that about 29 terrorists were neutralized in Gazuwa, one truck with four fighters killed in Gargash while 16 other fighters met their waterloo in Minna.
The source vowed that the Nigerian air force, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain their offensives against the terrorists in the northeast.
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