The Defence Headquarters says it has neutralized scores of terrorists and destroyed their hideouts and logistics structures at Tumbuma Baba and Boboshe areas of Borno State.
The Coordinator of the Defence Media Operation Major General John Enenche in a statement says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole carried out the attacks as it launched a new subsidiary Operation codenamed “Operation HAIL STORM”
General Enenche says the operation which is aimed at taking out identified Islamic State of West Africa Province and Boko Haram Terrorists targets, in the Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest areas of Borno State.
He says the attack at Tumbuma Baba, an Island settlement on the fringes of the Lake Chad, was carried out after Human Intelligence reports indicated that several ISWAP fighters and some of their leaders were being harboured in some structures concealed under the thick vegetation of the area.
He adds that Air Force jets were dispatched to attack the locations, scoring devastating hits on the settlement and killing several of the terrorists.