The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in continuation of their operation code named ‘RATTLE-SNAKE’, has neutralized some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters as they assembled for a meeting at their hideout in Kollaram on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola who made this disclosure on 16th December 2019 to the media, said the operation in Kollaram on the fringes of Lake Chad was executed on 14 December 2019 following credible intelligence reports indicating that some of the ISWAP leaders had assembled for a meeting in one of 2 buildings at the centre of the settlement.
“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets dispatched by the ATF to attack the location scored accurate hits on the target building completely obliterating it and killing its terrorists’ occupants,” the NAF spokesperson said.
He added further that: “the NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain its efforts to completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in the Northeast,” the statement said.