The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Monday said that airstrikes conducted by the Nigerian Air Force component of Operation LAFIYA DOLE killed “several” Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and destroyed some of their structures at Tsilala near Kaza in the Dikwa general area of Borno State.
Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said in a statement that “the intensive air interdiction missions” was conducted as part of subsidiary Operation WUTAR TABKI and was “executed on 18 October 2020 after aerial surveillance missions showed significant number of terrorists and logistics items at the location.
“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships dispatched by the Air Task Force took turns in engaging the location scoring accurate hits in the target area, resulting in the neutralization of several BHTs as well as the destruction of some of their structures.”
