The Defence Headquarters says the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fuel facilities and other logistics hub at Tumbun Allura, the fringes of Lake Chad, Borno State, has caught fire as a result of the accurate strikes conducted by the Nigerian Air Force Aircraft during the operation by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole on 8 November, 2020.
Major. General John Enenche, Co-ordinator of Defence Media Operations, DHQ, stated this in a statement on Sunday.
According to him, “the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralized several ISWAP fighters and destroyed some of their structures, including a suspected fuel storage facility, at Tumbun Allura, a terrorists’ logistics hub on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.”
The air raid was executed Sunday 8 November 2020, “on the heels of credible Human Intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions which led to the identification of a command post as well as a suspected fuel dump, with large number of jerry cans and barrels concealed in make shift structures within the settlement.
“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft, dispatched by the Air Task Force to engage the location, scored accurate hits in the target area resulting in the destruction of the terrorists’ fuel dump, which was seen engulfed in flames.
“Several ISWAP elements were also neutralized as a result of the air strike.”
