Scores of Boko Haram-ISWAP terrorists have been eliminated while their gun trucks were also destroyed in a well-coordinated joint operation of the air
A military intelligence officer told a news agency, PRNigeria, that at least four gun trucks belonging to the criminal elements were destroyed by airstrikes of a Nigerian Air Force alpha jet while ground troops pursued and eliminated fleeing terrorists.
The insurgents were killed on Monday during an encounter with the military jet, sent to provide close-air supports to ground forces at Gubio.PRNigeria learnt that the ground troops at Gubio were initially confronting the invading terrorists when the NAF jet on a different mission was instructed to proceed to the Gubio axis.
“The NAF alpha jet, on sighting the Boko Haram-ISWAP fighters fleeing towards Damasak in four-gun trucks, rocketed their convoy and subsequently immobilised the occupants. “After the aerial bombardments, some terrorists who were trying to escape on foots, were neutralised by ground troops. “Apart from the destroyed gun trucks, items recovered from the terrorists included sophisticated guns, ammunition, fragmental jackets, jerry cans, bags of Indian hemp, sexual enhancement pills and exercise book containing Arabic text on how to make bombs,” the source said.
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