Borno: NAF Destroys Insurgents’ Hideouts In Gobara, Bakassi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 29, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force ofOperation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and killed somefighters at Gobara and Bakassi in Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information,Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturdayin Abuja, added that the operation was conducted on Friday in separate airraids.
According to Daramola, the settlements were two ofthe targets selected for attack in the intensive air interdiction operations launchedby the ATF on Wednesday.
He explained that the attack on Gobara, a settlementin the Sambisa Forest area, was carried out by two Alpha Jets afterIntelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions had identified a segmentof the settlement being used by Boko Haram Terrorists fighters to store theirlogistics and other equipment.
The attackplatforms were vectored to the area of concentration of the terrorists,unleashing their munitions on the target and causing significant damage to thecamp and neutralising many terrorists.