Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft has destroyed terrorists’ kingpins Abdullahi Nasanda and Mallam Tukur’s camps in Zurmi local government area and Gusau LGA respectively in Zamfara State.
The director of public relations and information of NAF, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, in a statement he issued yesterday, said the air strikes executed by the Air Component of “Operation Hadarin Daji” on April 10, 2024 led to the elimination of several terrorists and their structures.
He said Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission conducted on Abdullahi Nasanda’s Camp had revealed terrorists’ activities around some huts and thatched roof structures.
The ISR also observed some of their motorcycles hidden on trees.
He said, „Having established that their activities were consistent with terrorists’ modes of operation, the location was struck by multiple aircraft passes, thereby neutralizing several terrorists.“
The NAF director said similar ISR missions were conducted at Mallam Tukur Camp, where terrorists’ activities were also observed.
He stated that the air strikes conducted on the camp neutralized several terrorists and showed several structures set ablaze and destroyed.
Gabkwet added that similar air strikes were also extended to Kani kawa in Maradun town, under Maradun LGA of Zamfara State, where terrorists, their enclaves and equipment were attacked and destroyed.