Over 100 terrorists from the Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (JAS) Boko Haram faction have been killed in a weeklong coordinated strikes by the
Over 100 terrorists from the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād Boko Haram faction have been killed in a weeklong coordinated strikes by the Nigerian Air Force on the fringes of Gwoza local government area of Borno State.
The precise intelligence-led airstrikes conducted by the air component, under “Operation Warun 3”, between June 9 and June 11, 2023, in Grazah and Wa-Jahoda, on the fringes of the Mandara Mountains in Gwoza local government area resulted in the obliteration of the terrorists. Report obtained by a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, and made available to LEADERSHIP revealed that the first airstrikes were carried out in Grazah in a location administered by the Boko Haram terrorists, which also served as their meeting point.
Ground assessment by sources revealed that the Super Tucano Aircraft scored an accurate hit which resulted in the elimination of a number of the Boko Haram unit commanders and high value fighters, while many more who escaped were seriously injured. Consequently, on June 11, the air component carried out a follow-up strike in Wa-Jahode, which has been confirmed very successful as many other terrorists were neutralized with others said to be in critical condition.
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