The Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike were believed to have destroyed bandits’ meeting venue in Kwaimbana Forest area of Kaduna State and several of them were killed in the incident.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who made this known in a statement today, September 18 in Abuja, said that the air raid was conducted after series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that revealed the hideout along with a building in the centre of the forest.
General Enenche said that the Air Component dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location accordingly to engage them.
He said that the attack aircraft took turns in engaging the target area, scoring accurate hits which resulted in the damage of the building as well as neutralisation of several bandits.
