Major success against Boko Haram, ISWAP as military jet hits them at meeting venue, kills terrorists’ commanders
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday, said that Nigerian military will continue to sustain the offensives against the enemies of the nation.
This is following the offensive attack launched by the military, which led to the killing of ISWAP leaders in northern part of Borno State, northeast Nigeria.
A statement from BERNARD ONYEUKO, a Brigadier General and Acting Director Defence Media Operations Defence Headquarters, said, “several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) leaders and fighters have been neutralized and their dwellings destroyed as they gathered for meetings in a cluster of settlements West of Alinwa on the Lake Chad green fringes in the Northern part of Borno State.
“This was achieved during the ongoing subsidiary Operation DECISIVE EDGE, yesterday 18 March 2020, in another successful air interdiction mission.
“The air strike was executed on the heels of impeccable intelligence reports, indicating that some top ISWAP Commanders as well as some of their fighters and designated suicide bombers had assembled at the location for meetings, aimed at orchestrating coordinated attacks against a number of targets in Borno State and environs.
“Operation LAFIYA DOLE therefore dispatched its fighter jets to the location, recording devastating hits on many of the structures housing the ISWAP leaders and fighters, destroying them and neutralizing their occupants.” The statement said.
The statement also said that, the Chief of Defence Staff, General AG Olonisakin, enjoins the Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE to maintain the momentum.
