The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has killed several Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday in their Baga hideouts of Borno state. The neutralization of insurgents, were carried; after Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform spotted them assembling under canopies of trees near a fish dam. This was disclosed in a statement released Sunday in Maiduguri; by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of NAF Public Relations. According to him, the ATF dispatched an Alpha Jet aircraft to attack the identified hideouts. On terrorists’ killings, he said: “The aircraft launched multiple attack passes, killing several of the terrorists and causing serious injuries to others,” adding that surviving terrorists were also mopped up in subsequent air strikes.
