Boko Haram: Air Force launches ‘Operation forest storm’

The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday launched a new operation ‘Operation Forest Storm’, aimed at eliminating the inflow of Boko Haram insurgents from the northern part of Borno State to the South.

This was revealed by the Chief of Training and Operations, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Abdullahi Iya at the NAF base Yola in Adamwa state while briefing newsmen.

He said the operation became necessary after Operation Lafiya Dole in an air surveillance discovered some insurgents hibernating in the Southern part of the state.

“As part of our campaign against insurgency in the North Easter part of the country, we have been focusing more on the north, nevertheless we conducted surveillance all over the Theater of Operations and we started noticing some insurgents in the south, that is why we have launched a special operation to take care of that.

“The name of the operation is Operation Forest Storm and it is just for a few days, we are focusing mainly on interdiction, we have identified a specific target to take out through interdiction. From our calculations, it is not going to take more than three days but we are planning for seven days to take care of what we have seen,” Iya said.

Iya also said the operation has been properly planned, promising that their will be no shortcomings.

He said, “We have conducted surveillance, selected our targets and analyzed very well before we decide on the attack, the mode and the type of weapon to use. All these are carefully planned and we do not foresee any collateral damage so there is no cause for alarm.”

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