300 Boko Haram wiped out in night raid.

– 300 Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a night raid.
– The Nigerian Air Force revealed it was during the terrorists’ meeting.
– Intelligence report led to the success of the raid.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released a video showing how a night raid wiped out 300 Boko Haram terrorists. Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, the chief of air staff, first revealed this on Monday, August 22 after commissioning the borehole and hospital construction built by the air force.
It was revealed that the attack against the terrorist was carried out on Friday, August 19 when Boko Haram terrorists were having a meeting.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 23, the air force said intelligence report led to the successful attack. Read the full statement below: “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has recorded another major success in the on-going counter-insurgency and counter terrorism ope
rations against the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) sect in the North East.

“The current phase of intensified air operations over Northern Borno paid-off on the night of 19 August 2016 when the NAF, during an air attack, killed about 300 BHTs who had gathered to hold a meeting at a location between Malam Fatori and own troops location at Kangarwa. Prior to this fateful day the NAF, on 16 August 2016, had commenced series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions to corroborate human intelligence that key BHT commanders gather at the said location to hold meeting at night.

“The objective of the on-going operation, as usual, is to degrade the capability of the insurgents, particularly those who have fled to the northern part of Borno.”

Daily Post reports that the special security outfit, Bayelsa Waterways Security Taskforce, Monday, August 22, arrested suspected masterminds of the attack on a military post in the Nembe area of the state that led to the death of three soldiers. The security outfit, led by ex-militant leader, Master Africanus Ukparasia, arrested the suspects at Olugbobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, LGA, of the state based on an intelligence tip-off.

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