By Williams Anuku Abuja
The high command of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, (AFN), on Monday, said that its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has killed scores of the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and destroyed some of their structures, including a suspected fuel storage facility in Borno state.
An operation update released in Abuja, by Major General John Enenche, Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, (CDMO), said the airstrike was executed at Tumbun Allura, a terrorists’ logistics hub on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of the State.
“The air raid was executed yesterday, 8 November 2020, on the heels of credible Human Intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions which led to the identification of a command post as well as a suspected fuel dump, with a large number of jerry cans and barrels concealed in makeshift structures within the settlement.
“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft, dispatched by the Air Task Force to engage the location, scored accurate hits in the target area resulting in the destruction of the terrorists’ fuel dump, which was seen engulfed in flames. Several ISWAP elements were also neutralized as a result of the airstrike”, General Enenche said.