Several Boko Haram fighters have been killed and structures in their camp in the Sambisa forest area of Borno State destroyed in air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE.
According to a statement by the Spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force, the mission was executed to mark the commencement of Operation RATTLE SNAKE 2, an Air Operation aimed at taking out some identified insurgent camps and logistics facilities.
The attack was based on credible intelligence reports indicating that the terrorists had resumed using the once abandoned settlement as a stage point from where they launch attacks against ground troops.
