The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has launched Operation Green Sweep II against terrorists in northeast Nigeria.
A statement from Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said the Air Interdiction Operation, which commenced on Wednesday, 26 June 2019, will target selected locations within the Northeast in order to degrade the remnants of the terrorists as well as deny them safe havens and freedom of action.
He said, “In the morning of Day One of the Operation, air strikes by NAF aircraft resulted in the obliteration of an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) tactical headquarters and neutralization of several terrorists at Kollaram in northern Borno state.”
He added that, “the attack was executed following series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that showed the presence of a significant number of ISWAP fighters in buildings under trees spread across the settlement along with communication facilities with roof-mounted solar panels, defensive parapets around the settlement as well as suspected tunnels at various locations.”
Daramola said, “Consequently, the ATF dispatched 2 NAF Alpha Jet aircraft to attack the location recording accurate hits in the target area, leading to the destruction of some of the structures and equipment as well as the killing of several terrorists.”
