By Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM has destroyed several Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) structures at Warshale in the Northern part of Borno State.
Major General John Enenche
Coordinator, Defence Media Operations
Defence Headquarters, in a press release said the air strikes on 19 August 2020 also led to death of their fighters.
The DMO Coordinator said the mission was executed after credible intelligence reports and series of aerial surveillance missions established that the settlement was one of those being used by the terrorists as staging area to launch attacks.
“Accordingly, the Air Task Force dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and attack helicopters, which engaged the location recording devastating hits resulting in the obliteration of several structures as well as the neutralization of some of the terrorists,” the DMO said.
He pledged that the Armed Forces of Nigeria, operating in concert with other security agencies and stakeholders, will sustain its efforts to rid the North East of all terrorists and other criminal elements.
