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Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshall Sadiq Abubakar

Again NAF Fighter Jets bombard Boko Haram locations in Borno

A Nigerian Air Force jet
A Nigerian Air Force jet
Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshall Sadiq Abubakar
Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshall Sadiq Abubakar

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), in continuation of its efforts at finishing off the remnants of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), conducted several air strikes at suspected BHT locations on the outskirts of Tumbin Gini and Tumbin Kayewa North Eastern Borno State on Friday 16 September 2016. The air strikes were as a result of ground based intelligence and successive Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance reports obtained from several missions flown by NAF platforms. In a video released by the NAF, some of the terrorists could be seen at one of the rendezvous where they were believed to be holding a high-level meeting when NAF jets were scrambled to hit the locations.
According to Ayodele Famuyiwa, Group Captain, Director of Public Relations & Information, a post-strike battle damage assessment of the the strikes revealed that the rendezvous was badly damaged with many casualties while those far from the vicinity could be seen scrambling to safety. The air crafts involved in the air strikes are the NAF F-7Ni and the Alpha jets. The air offensive of the NAF have continued to deny the terrorists any hiding place and room for maneuver. This has enabled unhindered advance by the surface forces as part of the ongoing Operation GAMA AIKI. It will be recalled that the NAF had, in an earlier operation successfully conducted air strikes on BHT Camps at Tumbin Rego on 26 August which led to the death of many high ranking members of the group.

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