*Kills 19 terrorists
*Troops rescue 67 captives at Dalore
As part of the collective effort by the Armed Forces to expeditiously bring to an end the war against insurgency in the Northeast, Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet at the weekend successfully attacked suspected Boko Haram Logistics Base at Allagarno.
Director of Airforce Public Relations, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa who made the disclosure on Monday in a statement, noted that “The target was selected after careful Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) by NAF Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV)”.
He continued, “The mission; that was carried out in support of surface forces in order to further degrade the fighting capacity of the remnants of the insurgents, was successful as seen in the video of the Battlefield Damage Assessment (BDA) carried out by the UCAV.
“The target was probably an ammunition depot, a fuel dump or a facility housing other combustible materials".
“This effort is likely to create certain logistics constraints for the terrorists along the Allagarno axis".
The troops also rescued 67 hostages from the terrorists. The freed hostages are undergoing screening at Internally Displaced Persons in Dikwa.
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