No fewer than 30 terrorists have fallen to the firepower of troops of “Operation Whirl Punch” of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, in Kaduna State.
NAF spokesman Edward Gabkwet said the terrorists were killed in a “precision strike” after the military got wind of their rendezvous along the Kwiga-Kampamin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna.
The intelligence report, Gabkwet said, revealed a trail of terrorists moving in a convoy of 15 motorbikes, each with at least two armed terrorists.
The troops trailed the motorbike-riding armed gang to their meeting place and after a close monitoring for a while, sent a drone upon them.
“The aftermath of the air strike revealed that several of the terrorists were eliminated as a result of the strike,” Gabkwet told local press on Monday.
The Air Commodore said the slain terrorists were responsible for an ambush on troops at the Kwanan Mutuwa area on 27 January 2024 as well as several attacks and abductions of civilians in Birnin Gwari.
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