The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has decimated a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) camp and neutralized some of their fighters at a settlement called Arboko in Borno State.
The operation was
conducted on 18 February 19 while a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet
and an Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform were
providing close air support to troops of 82 Brigade Nigerian Army. In
the course of the operation, the ISR aircraft spotted a group of BHT
fighters within Arboko village and vectored the Alpha Jet to engage
their camp with rocket fire, thereby degrading the terrorists’
structures and neutralizing some of their fighters.
The NAF,
operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain its efforts to
completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in the Northeast.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force
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