Counter-Terrorism: Airstrikes Resume in Sambisa, Lake
Chad Axis
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has
neutralized scores of terrorists and destroyed their hideouts and
logistics structures at Tumbuma Baba and Boboshe in Borno
State.
This was achieved in air strikes executed yesterday, 16 August
2020, on the first day of missions of a new subsidiary Operation
codenamed “HAIL STORM”, which is an air interdiction
operation aimed at taking out identified Islamic State of
West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’)
targets in the Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest areas of Borno
State.
The attack at Tumbuma Baba, one of the Island settlements on the
fringes of the Lake Chad, was carried out after Human Intelligence
(HUMINT) reports indicated that several ISWAP fighters and some of
their leaders were harboured in some structures concealed under the
thick vegetation of the area.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets dispatched by the ATF
to attack the location scored devastating hits on the settlement,
killing several of the terrorists and destroying their
structures.
Several terrorists were similarly neutralized and some of their
dwellings destroyed at Boboshe, a village along the river line on
the Eastern part of the Sambisa Forest, as the NAF jets took turns
in engaging the location.
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.
JOHN ENENCHE
Major General
Coordinator
Defence Media operations
Defence Headquarters
17 August 2020