A key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others have been eliminated by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on the Mandara Mountains in Borno.
Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of the Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), while disclosing this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the air strikes, which were conducted on Friday, were one of the most successful strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai in recent time.
According to him, the NAF discovered a massing of terrorists in an isolated location consisting of three zinced structures amid several trees, adding that it was evident from the footage that the terrorists were massing up at the location for either a well-planned meeting or preparing for a significant attack on troops.
He also said that over 100 heavily armed terrorists were observed throwing banters and moving randomly around the structures, which also had four troop carriers.
“The aftermath of the air strike revealed that two out of the three structures, as well as the entire troop carriers were destroyed.
“There are also indications that Abu Asad, a key figure in the Ali Ngulde group under Boko Haram, as well as other terrorists like Ibrahim Nakeeb, Mujaheed Dimtu, Mustafa Munzir and several fighters were among the several terrorists eliminated in the air strike,” he said.
