The Nigerian Air Drive on Sunday mentioned that the efforts by the air and floor parts of Operation Hadin Kai to clear the Northeast of remnants of terrorists inside the Northeast area of Nigeria have continued to document a sequence of successes as 12 terrorists had been neutralized within the strike, and their logistics destroyed in two communities in Borno State thereby degrading their skill to assault gentle targets and personal troops.
This was contained in a press release made out there to defence correspondents in Abuja on Sunday by the Director of Public Relations and Info, of the Nigerian Air Drive Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet
The assertion defined that the operation was efficiently carried out “on 5 January 2024 at Parisu after terrorists had been, for days, noticed shifting gadgets suspected to be weapons and ammunitions to the realm. Parisu, a location close to Sambisa Forest, was as soon as a terrorist enclave abandoned after its personal troops had cleared the realm of terrorists’ actions.
“Nevertheless, the convergence of terrorists inside the location raised suspicion of their intent and plan, therefore the directive to strike the placement.
“The aftermath of the strikes led to an enormous ball of flames from 2 adjoining spots inside the neighborhood, whereas some surviving terrorists had been noticed scampering for security.
“Related strikes had been additionally carried out at a location about 1.5 km Southwest of Tumbun Agiri inside the Tumbuns within the Lake Chad area on 6 January 2024.
“Intelligence gathered over time had revealed the continual gathering of armed terrorists in pick-up autos and bikes, therefore the go-ahead to assault the placement.
“The precision strikes on the placement led to the destruction of the autos, and bikes in addition to the elimination of a number of terrorists.
“Previous to the aforementioned strikes, the Air Part of Operation Hadin Kai, on an air reconnaissance mission on 2 January 2024, had struck some alternative targets at Tumbun Alura.
“The targets, which consisted of three canoes, had been noticed loaded with suspected Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
“They had been subsequently engaged with an enormous explosion noticed afterwards. Related profitable strikes had been additionally performed at Tumbun Buwari and Sabon Tumbun on terrorist buildings inside the Lake Chad area.”