The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said yesterday that
it has intensified counter-insurgency offensive
against Boko Haram around the border areas,
destroying some camps in a sustained aerial
bombardment. Group Public Relations Officer for
the 79 Composite Group of the NAF, Squadron
Leader Chris Erondu, said the insurgents were
retreating to neighbouring Cameroon, Niger, and
Chad Republic. He said ongoing bombardment
against the insurgents have recorded remarkable
success with heavy casualties in the enemies’
camp.
In a statement released in Maiduguri, he said:
“The results of these air operations have been
remarkable as the insurgents who have been
retreating to Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republics
have suffered heavy causalities.”
He said the Composite Group in Maiduguri in
conjunction with 75 Strike Group, Yola, had been
providing air supports to the other sister security
agencies in the state.
Erondu disclosed that air surveillance and
eventual raids were carried out by troops on
identified Boko Haram hide-outs at Bulabulin
Yujiwa-Alagarno, around Damboa axis in the
state. He said the Air Force and other security
agencies were maintaining constant surveillance
on Maiduguri metropolis and its environs
especially with last year’s attack on its base by
the insurgents.
He appealed to the residents to continue to co-
operate with the security agencies in the state by
providing information that could lead to
identifying Boko Haram camps.
[Source: Daily Sun]
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