Scores of terrorists have been reportedly killed in air strikes carried out by the air component of Operation Fansan Yamma in Mariga LGA of Niger state.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the strikes, conducted on June 29, also disrupted the movement of terrorists operating in the area.
The publication reported that the operation followed credible intelligence indicating that more than 200 terrorists travelling on motorcycles were moving along the Sangeko–Dogon Dawa–Womba axis.
Makama said the group was planning coordinated attacks and reinforcing criminal enclaves within the Kamuku forest corridor.
“In response, the Air Component immediately launched an Armed Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (AISR) mission using the military aircraft to conduct extensive aerial reconnaissance over Womba, Dogon Dawa, Kurugin, Birnin Gwari, Polewaya and Udawa,” Makama said.
“During the mission, the aircrew positively identified a group of
