ISWAP leaders killed as fighter jets bombard insurgents

Key leaders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terror group and some of their fighters have been killed in an airstrike targeted at their settlements by the West of Alinwa along the fringes of Lake Chad in Northern Borno.

According to a statement by the Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, “leaders of the Islamic State of West African Province and fighters were neutralised and their dwellings destroyed as they gathered for meetings in a cluster of settlements West of Alinwa on the Lake Chad green fringes in the Northern part of Borno State., Wednesday 18 March 2020, in another successful air interdiction mission”.

“The Nigerian Military will continue to sustain the offensive against the enemies of our Nation, as the Chief of Defence Staff, General AG Olonisakin, enjoins the Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole to maintain the momentum”.

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