Air Force deploys 5 fighter jets to crush Boko Haram in Sambisa

-Fighter jets have destroyed some of the targeted structures and killing the terrorists – NAF

Nigerian Air Force fighter jet

The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday deployed five fighter jets to Sambisa Forest to destroy the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists, operating in the area.

The operation follows fresh reports that the insurgents were regrouping in the forest.

Recall that the terrorists have in recent times attacked Maiduguri, Yobe and Adamawa States.

Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya disclosed that the Nigerian Air Force had beefed up its intensive day and night aerial bombardments of Boko Haram terrorists’ locations within the North-east.

He stated that during the ongoing Operation ‘Ruwan Wuta II’, the NAF conducted on the foruth day,  air interdiction on several structures in Dure, a BHT-infested location, 12km east of Sambisa.

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Adesanya said “reports from NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance platforms had revealed the gradual resurgence of BHT activities in the settlement, particularly at the targeted structures, which were hideouts for the terrorists.”

According to him “five aircrafts namely 3 x Alpha Jet aircraft and 2 x F-7Ni aircraft conducted the air interdiction missions.

“The Alpha jet aircraft and the F-Ni aircraft took turns to attack the location with bombs, destroying the targeted structures and killing the terrorists.”

He noted that that “the Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) conducted after the strikes revealed that some of the structures were set ablaze by the bomb explosions.”