The Nigerian Air Force says it intensified counter-terrorism and counter-banditry operations nationwide with series of precision airstrikes that have wiped out Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Mallam Fatori and Shuwaram, Borno State.
NAF said the airstrikes destroyed bandit enclaves in Garin Dandi and Chigogo Kwara State, as well as Zango Hill in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.
A statement by Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, indicates that the coordinated missions executed represents a decisive phase in ongoing joint operations under Operation HADIN KAI and Operation FANSAN YAMMA, aimed at terrorist and criminal networks across Nigeria’s northern theatres.
The statement said the success of these precision operations across Borno, Kwara, Katsina, and the wider northwestern corridor underscores its renewed tempo, following the directives of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke.
NAF said each mission reaffirms its resolve to project smarter and intelligence driven airpower to project purposeful lethality against insurgents and criminals while protecting the lives and properties of citizens towards enhancing national security.
