NAF airstrikes destroy terrorist hideout in Katsina

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has carried retired a precision airstrike connected a violent enclave successful Katsina State, destroying a cardinal hideout and neutralising respective fighters.

This was contained successful a connection issued connected Sunday successful Abuja by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame.

Ejodame said the cognition was conducted connected May 1 nether the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA Sector 2, targeting a determination wrong the Dan-Aji Forest successful Faskari Local Government Area.

According to him, the people was a known logistics hub linked to a violent kingpin, Abasu Aiki, and his fighters operating crossed the Faskari, Kankara, and Funtua axis of Katsina State.

He noted that sustained and credible quality reports indicated renewed violent activities successful the area, prompting the precision strike.

“NAF aerial assets identified equipped terrorists connected motorcycles alongside different fighters wrong the enclave and executed a swift and coordinated onslaught connected the determination and its enactment structures,” helium said.

Ejodame added that Battle Damage Assessment confirmed that respective terrorists were neutralised, portion the logistics hub and associated structures were wholly destroyed.

He further stated that the onslaught triggered explosions and wide fires wrong the area, further degrading the operational capa...