Troops set ISWAP fuel storage facilities on fire

The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Sunday destroyed some structures belonging to members of IS-affiliated jihadists, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) including a suspected fuel storage facility at Tumbun Allura – the terrorists’ logistics hub on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.

It was learnt that the troops attached to Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft, while carrying out the air raid after an intelligent report, targeted the suspected fuel dump, with large number of jerry cans and barrels concealed in the makeshift structures within the settlement and set it on fire.

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The Defence Headquarters, while confirming this on Monday through its coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, added that in the process, several members of the terrorist group were eliminated.

Enenche said, “The air raid was executed yesterday, 8 November 2020, on the heels of credible Human Intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions which led to the identification of a command post as well as a suspected fuel dump, with large number of jerry cans and barrels concealed in makeshift structures within the settlement.

“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft, dispatched by the Air Task Force to engage the location, scored accurate hits in the target area resulting in the destruction of the terrorists’ fuel dump, which was seen engulfed in flames. Several ISWAP elements were also neutralized as a result of the air strike.”