Air Force Alpha Jets and F7 Ni have conducted more air strikes at suspected Boko Haram Terrorists’ locations on the outskirts of Tumbin Gini and Tumbin Kayewa in Northeastern Borno State.
The strikes were said to have targeted exact locations where Boko Haram leadership was holding a high-level meeting.
Air Force Director of Public Relations and Information Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said the air strikes were as a result of ground-based intelligence and successive Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance reports obtained from several missions flown by NAF platforms.
Famuyiwa said some of the terrorists could be seen in a video at one of the rendezvous where they were believed to be holding a high-level meeting when NAF jets were scrambled to hit the locations.
“A post-strike battle damage assessment of the strikes revealed that the rendezvous was badly damaged with many casualties while those far from the vicinity could be seen scrambling to safety,” Famuyiwa said.
According to the NAF, the air offensives have continued to deny the terrorists any hiding place and room for manoeuvre which has enabled unhindered advance by the surface forces as part of the ongoing Operation GAMA AIKI.
The NAF in an earlier operation successfully conducted air strikes on the sect’s camps at Tumbin Rego on 26 August which led to the death of many high ranking members of the group.