The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Task Force
(ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has commenced OPERATION GREEN SWEEP against
Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) in the Northeast.
The Operation, which commenced on Wednesday, 14 November
2018, is an Air Interdiction Operation targeting selected BHT locations within
the fringes of Lake Chad as well as areas around the Alagarno Forest near
Sambisa in Borno State, with a view to further degrading the remnants of the
terrorists, curtailing their freedom of action and denying them bases from
which they could launch attacks.
In the morning of Day One of the Operation, air strikes by
NAF aircraft resulted in the destruction of a BHT hideout and neutralization of
several terrorists at Sharama on the Lake Chad Green Fringes in Northern Borno.
The attack was conducted following series of Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, that showed the presence of
significant number of BHT fighters in buildings under trees spread across the
settlement. Consequently, the ATF dispatched 2 NAF Alpha Jet aircraft to attack
the camp, leading to destruction of some of the structures and equipment as
well as the killing of several BHTs.
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