The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (ATF) in Borno has killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists, following Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in two villages. The fighter jets targeted Parisu and Takwala villages, where terrorists and their activities were confirmed with intelligence reports. Spokesman of NAF, Air Vice Marshal, Olatokunbo Adesanya disclosed this on Saturday in a statement released to journalists in Maiduguri. He said the “multiple air strike operation” followed intelligence report on presence of terrorists in some locations in the state. According to him, many terrorists were on Friday successfully neutralized at Parisu and Takwala villages of Borno. On how terrorists were killed, he said: “The ATF detailed two NAF Alpha Jet aircraft, armed with rockets and cannons, to interdict the locations. “Overhead the objective, the NAF fighter aircraft acquired and attacked the objectives with rockets and cannons. “At the end of the mission, it was observed that the attack platforms successfully engaged the remnants of the terrorists hibernating within the settlements and consequently neutralized them.” He said NAF will continue to deploy its platforms to conduct intensive ISR missions aimed at discovering the locations of possible remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the entire Northeast.
