Air Force Fighter Jets Pound Boko Haram Settlements In Northeast

The Air Task Force of operation LAFIYA DOLE has commenced an intensive bombardment of the hideouts of Boko Haram Terrorists in Northern Borno and the Sambisa general area. The operation is codenamed Operation RUWAN WUTA 3.
A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal
Olatokunbo Adesanya said that during the operation, an air interdiction mission was conducted on a Boko Haram hideout in Kolaram, which is 37 kilometre East of Monguno.
The statement said that previous Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions by the Air Force platforms had revealed Kolaram to be an active Boko Haram location from where the terrorists had launched attacks on the surface forces in Northern Borno.
It said that after such discovery, two Air Force helicopters were detailed for a pre-dawn attack on the settlement, followed by another wave of attacks from four fighter aircraft.
“Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) showed that several structures were destroyed, causing fire within the settlement while some insurgents were killed in the process.”
The statement said that another Air Force helicopter and some fighter aircraft attacked an adjoining settlement on the Southeast of Koloram, targeting structures that had been observed to host significant Boko Haram activities.
It said that the targeted structures were destroyed and engulfed in fire, killing the terrorists hiding in them.
It added that during the attacks on Kolaram and Southeast of Kolaram, some escaping insurgents were tracked as they fled northwards to Jumbilaram, which is 38 kilometre Northeast of Monguno.
“Accordingly, another wave of air interdiction was launched on the location, which was also found to be active with Boko Haram activities.
“Four NAF fighter aircraft took turns to attack structures occupied by Boko Haram elements in the settlement. “Subsequent BDA revealed that the attacks resulted in a large part of the settlement being engulfed in fire, thereby destroying the Boko Haram structures and neutralizing the fleeing terrorists.”[myad]