The
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says Boko Haram fighters have abandoned their
camp at Iza, Borno State and fled into Samba Forest after their location
came under heavy air attacks by Alpha Jets.
A
statement by Air Force spokesman Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said
the success of the air attack paved way for the follow-up clearance
operation by Nigerian troops of 121 Task Force Battalion.
Famuyiwa
explained that the ground troops consolidated on the gains of the air
strikes to flush out the remnants of Boko Haram as well as destroyed
their leftover camps.
He
added that: “During the ground movement, the Mi-35 Helicopter gunships
were overhead to provide Close Air Support for the advancing troops
while the Beechcraft aircraft supported with Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance.”
Famuyiwa
noted that the combined air and land operation against the Boko Haram
Sect was conducted during the early hours of yesterday 8 March 2016.
He
stated that the fall of Iza and its liberation further attests to the
recent gains recorded by the military in the combined efforts to rid the
Country of the menace posed by Boko Haram.
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