The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has disclosed that its personnel have neutralized scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists through air strikes in their hideouts in the northern part of Borno State.

According to a statement issued on Monday by NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the strikes were carried out after intelligence reports revealed the presence of the terrorists in the area.

Daramola added that structures and equipment belonging to the terrorists were also destroyed during the strikes carried out by the Air Task Force unit of Operation Lafiya Dole.

“The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has degraded an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists’ hideout and neutralized some of their fighters at Tumbun Zarami in the Northern part of Borno State.

“This was accomplished through air strikes conducted today, 8 April 2019 as part of the ongoing air campaign of Operation Yancin Tafki which is aimed at flushing out ISWAP elements from islands on the fringes of the Lake Chad.

“A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform, on a routine reconnaissance mission observed significant presence of ISWAP fighters in the settlement, with several structures and equipment spotted beneath the thick vegetation of the area.

“Accordingly, the ATF scrambled 2 NAF Alpha Jets to attack the location, recording successful strikes on the terrorists’ structures and neutralizing several of their fighters.

“The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces will sustain its operations to completely degrade the terrorists in the Northeast,” the statement read.