From Olukayode Idowu, Maiduguri
SUNRISE NEWS, Borno, Aug 14, 2020 The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) logistics storage facility and neutralized several of their fighters at Yamud along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis of Borno State.
A statement by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations Major General John Enenche said the operation on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating that the settlement was one of the locations where the terrorists store their terrorists and assemble to launch attacks.
Series of follow-up aerial surveillance missions also showed a significant number of terrorists within the settlement and also identified some compounds that were being as storage facilities and meeting venues.
Accordingly, the Air Task Force detailed its fighter jets to attack the location scoring accurate hits leading to the destruction of the designated target structures as well as the neutralization of several of the terrorists.