The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has recorded another major feat with the destruction of an Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP training camp near Mallam Fatori on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.
According to the statement released by the Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who is the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, the operation at the ISWAP training camp near Mallam Fatori village was executed on 10 September 2019.
The statement by Air Commodore Daramola also added that the successful operation was also based on credible intelligence reports and confirmatory Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that identified a building on one of the Lake Chad islands that were being used by the terrorists as a facility to indoctrinate and train new fighters.
“The ATF, therefore, dispatched its aircraft to attack the location, which upon arrival over the target area observed the significant activity of the terrorists. The attack aircraft scored devastating hits on the building destroying it and neutralizing the ISWAP training camp/occupants. The few other fighters seen fleeing the location were mopped-up by follow-on attacks.
The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain its operations against the terrorists in the Northeast” he added.