A statement by NAF’s Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, which made this known yesterday, gave an assurance that the latest air strikes have increased the possibility of ending insurgency in the Northeast.
NAF attributed the success of its air strikes to expert use of drones and the ATR-42 aerial surveillance aircraft.
“In a renewed drive to further degrade the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) assets, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha jets have successfully carried out air strikes and destroyed the sect’s vehicle workshops, fuel and ammunition dumps all within the Sambisa forest.
“This feat by NAF came as a result of a painstaking Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) efforts by the NAF’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and ATR-42 platforms.
“The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, wishes to assure all Nigerians that with these successful strikes on the insurgents, their capabilities have been further degraded to pave the way for the final onslaught by the land forces to meet the Commander-in-Chief, President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives to bring insurgency in the Northeast to an end,” he stated.
Gowon: deadline for defeat of insurgency not sacrosanct
Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon said yesterday that the December deadline for the military to end Boko Haram insurgency is not sacrosanct.
He spoke in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, during a visit to Governor Dave Umahi as head of an advocacy group on Malaria and other tropical diseases.
He said: “I can tell you this; nobody can really talk about when any particular operation is going to end. And as a (former) commander-in- chief, I know this.
“Yes, you can say you target a particular time, but it may finish before that time or it may go slightly beyond. To end it, that is the most important thing.
“I assure you that I have absolute confidence in our military that they are going to really deal with the situation as they are doing at the moment.
“May the spirits of these poor little children who are being brainwashed to carry out such heinous crimes rest in peace.” he said.
He admonished Nigerians to pray so that God would touch the hearts of the Boko Haram insurgents.
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