Air Taskforce Kill Boko-Haram Leader, Scores of Terrorists In Borno – DHQ

The Defence headquarters says it’s Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed the dwellings of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) leaders and neutralized some of their fighters in separate air strikes conducted at Parisu and Bula Bello in the Sambisa Forest Area of Borno State. The air interdiction missions was executed on 3 July 2020 as part of the ongoing subsidiary Operation LONG REACH II after intelligence reports indicated a resurgence of terrorists’ activities in the 2 settlements. A statement signed by the Coordinator Defence Media Operation, Maj. General John Enenche and made available to CNA News indicates that, Parisu, with its booby-trapped access routes, fortified check points and structures camouflaged under the forest vegetation, served as a stronghold for the BHT Commanders, while recent aerial surveillance missions showed increased activities of the terrorists in a cluster of structures in the middle of Bula Bello. The defence spokesman stated that the fighter jets dispatched by the Air task force to attack the two locations scored accurate bomb and rocket strikes which resulted in the destruction of some of the structures and killing of several terrorists. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar while commending the ATF for the feat urgesd them to intensify the air offensive against the terrorists and all other criminal elements threatening the peace and security of the Nation.