Over a dozen of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists were reportedly killed by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in another deadly airstrike.
New Telegraph reports that the airstrike was conducted on Wednesday at a location near Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.
This was made known by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region on Thursday via his Twitter handle.
“The insurgents were neutralized in a precise, intelligence-led air strike carried out by the Air Component command, Operation Hadin Kai in Tumbum SHITTU,” he twitted.
According to him, the military airstrikes were conducted after surveillance detected a large gathering of terrorists in the region.
Makama quoted an anonymous intelligence source as saying, “This air operation was aimed to neutralize the strongholds of ISWAP.”
New Telegraph