The Nigerian Air Force has destroyed a major Islamic State of West Africa Province Logistics Base and Training Camp at Kusuma on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information , Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja .
Daramola said the operation was executed on Wednesday by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE.
” The airstrike was executed after credible intelligence reports had established that a section of the settlement was serving as a training camp for the terrorists .
” While , some buildings within the camp were being used to store their fuel , arms and ammunition as well as other logistics supplies .
” The pre -attack surveillance showed scores of fighters attempting to flee the location upon hearing the sound of the attack aircraft .
” They were engaged by the attack aircraft in successive passes , neutralising many of them .
” The terrorists ’ logistics supply store , which was also hit, was seen engulfed in flames due to the raid, ” he said.
The spokesman said the NAF , operating in concert with surface forces , would sustain its efforts to completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in the North East.
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