[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has disclosed that Air
Task Force of “ Operation “Lafiya Dole” has been
carrying out successful massive day and night attacks
against remaining Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and
their location, near Arra in Borno.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and
Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola , made
this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
Daramola explained that the attacks, which were
preceded by days of intensive Intelligence Surveillance
and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, were planned and
executed based on credible intelligence indicating that
the BHTs were making moves to regroup around the
fringes of Sambisa.
”The first air strike was a daytime mission executed on
Aug.10 at a location 4.5 Km Northwest of Arra around the
fringes of Sambisa, where ISR had confirmed that BHTs
were regrouping to launch attacks against our troops in the
general area.
“Accordingly, the ATF detailed an Alpha Jet to attack the
location. Overhead the area of interest, the Alpha Jet
acquired and engaged targets, destroying parts of the
settlement and neutralizing several BHTs.
”Intelligence reports later revealed that some of the
surviving BHTs had converged at another location 4.8Km
West of Arra.
”Consequently, the ATF deployed Mi-35M helicopter
gunships for a night attack on the new location on Aug. 18
resulting in the death of dozens of BHTs,” he said