The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed over a dozen Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in another deadly airstrike. The airstrike was
The Nigerian Air Force has killed over a dozen Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists in another deadly airstrike.This was disclosed on Thursday by a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama via his Twitter handle.
“The insurgents were neutralized in a precise, intelligence-led air strike carried out by the Air Component command, Operation Hadin Kai in Tumbum SHITTU,” he twitted. The military airstrikes were conducted after surveillance detected a large gathering of terrorists in the region, according to him. Makama quoted an anonymous intelligence source as saying, “This air operation was aimed to neutralize the strongholds of ISWAP.”
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