The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of Operation, Hadin Kai have eliminated a prominent Boko Haram figure, Abu Asad, along with several other high-ranking terrorists.
The airstrikes, NAF said, were executed on Friday in the Mandara Mountains of Borno State.
Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the spokesperson for the NAF, stated that the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, commended Kai and his team for their exceptional performance in neutralizing the threats.
Gabkwet said:
“Over 100 heavily armed terrorists were observed throwing banters and moving randomly around the structures which also had four troop carriers. The aftermath of the air strike revealed that two out of the three structures, as well as the entire troop carriers, were destroyed.
“There are also indications that Abu Asad, a key figure in the Ali Ngulde group under Boko Haram, as well as other terrorists like Ibrahim Nakeeb, Mujaheed Dimtu, Mustafa Munzir, and several fighters, were among the several terrorists eliminated in the air strike.
“The aftermath of the air strike revealed that two out of the three structures, as well as the entire troop carriers, were destroyed.”
He quoted the Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar
“We must continue to justify the trust and confidence the Federal Government and our people have bestowed on us by ensuring that we go all out in making life unbearable for these terrorists and criminals until they surrender or are completely eliminated.”
