Fresh airstrikes against the Boko Haram sect occurred at suspected militant hideouts on the outskirts of Tumbin Gini and Tumbin Kayewa in Borno state on Friday, the Nigerian Airforce has said.
The air strikes are part of the government’s efforts to eliminate the group and their long standing terrorist activities from the region.
Casualties were recorded but the air force is still unable to quantify the casualties.
“The air strikes were a result of ground based intelligence and successive Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance reports obtained from several missions flown by NAF platforms,” NAF Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, Director of Public Relations, said in a statement.
“The air offensive of the NAF has continued to deny the terrorists any hiding place and room for maneuver. This has enabled unhindered advance by the surface forces as part of the ongoing Operation GAMA AIKI,” he said in the statement.
According to the officer, many high level members of the sect have been killed in an air strike last month at the militant camps in Tumbin Rego.
Over 2.4 million people have been displaced by the activities of the sect with refugees spilling over the borders into Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
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