LAGOS, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said it had destroyed logistics bases used by Boko Haram militants in their Sambisa forest hideouts, northeast part of the country.
NAF Spokesperson Olatokunbo Adesanya said in a statement reaching Xinhua in Lagos that the force component of operation "LAFIA DOLE" conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission over Parisu in the Sambisa general area when it came across the gathering of Boko Haram fighters.
He said the mission was in furtherance of the operations to completely defeat the insurgents.
The spokesperson added that a large group of insurgents were seen converging under a tree close to a prominent zinc-roofed structure, during the ISR mission.
He said part of the structure was concealed by the foliage of a tree, making it a seemingly unobtrusive gathering point for the terrorists.
According to him, a confirmatory ISR mission indicated that the structure was indeed insurgents' hideout, housing a large number of them.
"The Air Component detailed four fighter jets namely: one F-7Ni and three Alpha Jet aircraft to strike the target in succession," he said.
"The first and second strike completely destroyed the building while the third aircraft strafed some fleeing insurgents," he added.
Adesanya said the fourth attack was re-directed to a building close by, where the insurgents activities were also noticed.
"Subsequent Battle Damage Assessment revealed that the insurgents hideout was completely reduced to rubble and scores were killed while some of them were seen evacuating the casualties," the spokesperson added. Enditem
