Air strikes carried by the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch targeted at terrorists’ hideouts in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state and against economic saboteurs in the Niger Delta region have yielded significant results.
Spokesperson, Nigerian Airforce, NAF, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, who made this in a statement in Abuja, in Shiroro local government, the strikes were executed at the stronghold of notorious terrorist kingpin, Mallam Umar and several other commanders located in the Alawa Forest area.
It added that similar air strikes were also carried out the same day in the Niger Delta region against economic saboteurs and oil thieves bent of illegally siphoning crude oil from mutilated pipelines, while destroying the environment and ecosystems.
The statement noted that this time, surveillance over Ke, Egbema, Akaso Krakama, Krikama and Military Council Valley revealed retinue of illegal refining sites which were effectively destroyed by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe.
