According to the Nigerian Air Force, through a series of planned, intelligence-led operations, its forces have maintained an unremitting air interdiction campaign against terrorist elements.
The joint task forces of Operations HADIN KAI and FASAN YAMMA SECTOR 2 conducted the operations throughout the North-East and North-West, according to a statement released by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force.
The statement states, “NAF air assets were decisively employed to strike identified hideouts, movement routes, and assembly areas, based on actionable intelligence on terrorist intent, movement, and logistics.”
It added that highly hidden terrorist enclaves at Abirma and Chiralia within the Timbuktu Triangle were the target of a series of targeted attacks in the North-East theater.
Targeted buildings were demolished by the strikes, and numerous secondary explosions were seen, a blatant sign that explosive stockpiles and vital supplies had been eliminated.
The statement went on, “Terrorist storage and coordination nodes were further dismantled at Guva in the Mandara Mountains, severely degrading their ability to regroup, resupply, or mount attacks during the festive period and beyond.”
According to the statement, the campaign was concurrently expanded into the North-West with a decisive air interdiction mission around Karaduwa Giginya Na in Katsina State’s Matazu Local Government Area. This mission tracked terrorist movement on large motorcycle convoys and engaged them at a point of convergence in the forest.
