OPLD Air Task Force destroys ISWAP fuel storage facilities, killing several terrorists in Bornu

November 09 14:36 2020 by The Ajasa News Print This Article

The Nigerian defence media operation has stated that the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters and destroyed some of their structures, including a suspected fuel storage facility, at Tumbun Allura, a terrorists’ logistics hub on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Bornu State.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Major General John Enenche and released to the www.theajasane.com on Monday. He stated that the air raid was executed on Sunday, 8 November 2020, on the heels of credible Human Intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions which led to the identification of a command post as well as a suspected fuel dump, with large number of jerry cans and barrels concealed in make shift structures within the settlement.

“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft, dispatched by the Air Task Force to engage the location, scored accurate hits in the target area resulting in the destruction of the terrorists’ fuel dump, which was seen engulfed in flames. Several ISWAP elements were also neutralized as a result of the air strike,”