{"id":56939,"date":"2024-11-25T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=56939"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:57:33","slug":"lake-chad-raid-naf-fighter-jets-wipe-out-terrorists-destroy-food-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/25\/lake-chad-raid-naf-fighter-jets-wipe-out-terrorists-destroy-food-depot\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Chad Raid: NAF Fighter Jets Wipe Out Terrorists, Destroy Food Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have dealt a severe blow to terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin, neutralizing scores and obliterating their critical food storage depot in a precision airstrike.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, conducted on November 23 by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), targeted Jubillaram in the Tumbuns area, a known enclave for terrorist commanders and fighters.<\/p>\n<p>The strike followed extensive Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that pinpointed the location under dense vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, NAF\u2019s Director of Public Relations and Information, confirmed the mission&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe destruction of the terrorists&#8217; food storage facilities has disrupted their logistics, while the elimination of a significant number of fighters has weakened their ability to plan and execute future attacks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The raid was launched in response to intelligence linking the terrorists to recent attacks, including the November 16 assault on troops in Kareto.<\/p>\n<p>Fighter jets decimated the enclave, targeting structures and using mop-up operations to eliminate fleeing elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis operation underscores the NAF\u2019s unwavering commitment to safeguarding Nigeria\u2019s peace and prosperity,\u201d Akinboyewa added, reaffirming their dedication to sustaining robust air campaigns until all enemies of the nation are subdued.<\/p>\n<p>The mission reflects OPHK\u2019s ongoing determination to dismantle insurgent strongholds and restore stability to the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have dealt a severe blow to terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin, neutralizing scores and obliterating their critical food storage depot in a precision airstrike. The operation, conducted on November 23 by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), targeted Jubillaram in the Tumbuns area, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":56940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56941,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56939\/revisions\/56941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}