The Nigerian Air Force announced that the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has successfully conducted an aerial bombardment, neutralizing multiple terrorist targets in their hideouts in Borno State.
In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, the Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, revealed that the NAF had conducted airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in Borno State.
The hideouts, located near Degbewa and Chinene in the Mandara mountains, were identified as known terrorist strongholds through extensive aerial surveillance over several days.
According to Gabkwet, the area was also suspected to be used for manufacturing and storing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), making the airstrikes a crucial necessity.
He said, “The terrorists were also observed to be loitering within the vicinity, clearly oblivious of what was to befall them, and probably confident that their location was safe and secure from any form of military bombardments. The air strikes were thus authorised with the aircraft bombarding the locations in several passes until the majority of the terrorists were eliminated. Others observed fleeing the location were taken out using canons,”
