Air force clears ISWAP leaders, logistics facilities at Bukar Meram
The Nigerian Military has said air strikes being conducted under subsidiary Operation Hail Strom, of Operation Lafiya Dole neutralized some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Commanders and knocked out logistics facilities at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State. A statement from the coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major […]
The Nigerian Military has said air strikes being conducted under subsidiary Operation Hail Strom, of Operation Lafiya Dole neutralized some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Commanders and knocked out logistics facilities at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State.
A statement from the coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche also said several terrorists were neutralized at Dole, a settlement in the Southern part of Borno State.
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He said the air interdiction missions were executed on 17 August 2020 on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating a resurgence of terrorists’ activities in the 2 settlements.
He said “Bukar Meram, a major ISWAP logistics hub linking other Island settlements of the Lake Chad, which also houses several of their fighters and some of their key leaders, was attacked by an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships which hit designated targets in the area leading to the destruction of the logistics facilities and neutralization of several of the terrorists and their leaders.”
He said the attack at Dole was carried out after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions showed a build up of activities in the area after the relocation of some terrorists from nearby settlements of Kokiwa and Yale.
He said, “overhead the area the ISR aircraft spotted no fewer than 20 terrorists in the area, which were taken out by the NAF attack aircraft.”