Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jets are said to have unleashed havoc on Boko Haram with the successful launching of airstrikes and destroying of the sect’s vehicle workshops, fuel and ammunition dumps in the Sambisa forest.
According to the spokesman of the Nigeria Air force, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, in a statement today, the air raids were carried out after what he called a painstaking Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance efforts by its Unmanned Aerial vehicle and ATR-42 platforms.
“In view of the above, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar wishes to assure all Nigerians that with these successful strikes on the insurgents, their capabilities have been further degraded to pave the way for the final onslaught by the land forces to meet the Commander-in-Chief, President Mohammadu Buhari’s directives to bring insurgency in the North-East to an end.” (myad]
