Nigerian Air Force helicopters, jets commence fresh wave of bombings on Boko Haram hideouts

16 Décembre 2017

Abuja, Nigeria, December 16 (Infosplusgabon) - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Saturday said its fighter jets have commenced “intensive bombardment of the hideouts of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) in Northeast Nigeria in an operation code-named RUWAN WUTA 3.

NAF Spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, said in a statement, that in its first major offensive on December 12, 2017, the jets conducted “an air interdiction mission: on a BHT hideout in Kolaram, 37 kilometres east of the strategic town of Monguno.

Giving details of the ongoing operations, Adesanya said that “previous Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) platforms had revealed Kolaram to be an active BHT location from where the terrorists have launched attacks on our surface forces in Northern Borno.

“Accordingly, 2 NAF helicopters were detailed for a pre-dawn attack on the settlement, followed by another wave of attacks from 4 fighter aircraft. Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) showed that several structures were destroyed, causing fire within the settlement while some insurgents were killed in the process.

“On the same day, one NAF helicopter and some fighter aircraft attacked an adjoining settlement Southeast of Kolaram, targeting structures that had been observed to host significant BHT activities. The targeted BHT structures were destroyed and engulfed in fire, killing the terrorists hiding in them.

“During the attacks on Kolaram and Southeast of Kolaram, some escaping insurgents were tracked as they fled northwards to Jubilaram, which is 38km Northeast of Monguno.

Accordingly, another wave of air interdiction was launched on the location, which was also found to be active with BHT activities.

Four NAF fighter aircraft took turns to attack structures occupied by BHT elements in the settlement. Subsequent BDA revealed that the attacks resulted in a large part of the settlement being engulfed in fire, thereby destroying the BHTs structures and neutralizing the fleeing BHTs.

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/IOP/GABON 2017

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