The Nigerian Air Force has said its airstrikes neutralised terrorists in Zamfara State and destroyed Illegal refineries in Rivers State.
Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal, Edward Gabkwet, stated this in a statement.
It said the operation is in response to the recent scourge of terrorists’ activities targeting innocent civilians in Niger State, the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch will continue to track, locate and eliminate the terrorists responsible.
The statement said intelligence gathered had revealed that most of the terrorists responsible for recent attacks on civilians, abductions and cattle rustling within Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State were domicile in Kaduna State.
It explained that after the troops sited the terrorists in Malum forest in Kaduna, the Air Component planned and executed an Air Interdiction Mission on the terrorists’ stronghold.
According to the statement, similar strikes were also conducted on terrorists’ hideouts at Bayan Ruwa in Maradun LGA of Zamfara State.
The statement added that in the Niger Delta Region, patrols conducted by the air component of Operation Delta Safe over Ohaji/Egbema in Imo State and Degema and Cawthorne Channel in Rivers State revealed several Illegal Refining Sites and overhead tanks which were effectively destroyed.