By Joy Odor
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the Air interdiction missions being conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have continued to deal decisive blows on terrorist elements operating in the North East Zone of the Country with the elimination of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and destruction of their structures and logistics store.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche disclosed this in a press statement in Abuja on Saturday.
He said the latest of these was achieved yesterday at MANA WAJI in Borno State where the BHTs set up a new settlement.
General Enenche added that the air strikes, which were executed employing a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships, were carried out after series of aerial surveillance missions revealed that the new settlement was being used to store their weapons and logistics items and as well as plan and stage attacks.
According to him, on sighting the NAF aircraft, the insurgents were seen fleeing the location.
The Coordinator noted that , in a preemptive move, the NAF attack aircraft engaged the new location in successive passes, leading to the destruction of some of the structures and logistics stores, saying several insurgents were also neutralized in the process.
