Air Force to hold aerial display, kills terrorists

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary, it would conduct an aerial display at the Eagle Square, Abuja on Thursday, October 1, 2020.

A statement from the spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said rehearsals for the event which started on Thursday involved military aircraft flying at low level.

He urged members of the public not to panic but go about their normal activities.

The Nigerian military also said yesterday that the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole had destroyed Boko Haram hideouts and neutralized several of their fighters at Bula Sabo and Dole in Borno State.

A statement from the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said this was achieved through air strikes executed on September 23 to mark the launch of a new subsidiary Operation tagged ‘HAIL STORM 2’.

He said the operation was an air interdiction operation aimed at taking out identified Islamic State of West Africa Province and Boko Haram targets in the Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest areas of Borno State.

He said the attack at Bula Sabo, on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest was executed after credible intelligence reports indicated that a group of buildings in the settlement were being used as dwelling for some BHT commanders.

He noted that the Air Task Force dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships which scored devastating hits on the target buildings, including a logistics facility, which was seen engulfed in flames.