{"id":109336,"date":"2023-11-26T06:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T05:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109336"},"modified":"2023-11-26T06:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T05:29:53","slug":"nafs-strikes-eliminate-key-boko-haram-figure-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nafs-strikes-eliminate-key-boko-haram-figure-in-borno\/","title":{"rendered":"NAF\u2019s Strikes Eliminate Key Boko Haram Figure In Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has eliminated a key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on Mandara Mountains in Borno.<\/p>\n<p>The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Gabkwet said the air strikes which was conducted on Friday, was one of the most successful strikes undertaken by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai in recent time.<\/p>\n<p>He said the NAF discovered a massing of terrorists in an isolated location consisting of three zinked structures amid several trees.<\/p>\n<p>He added that it was evident from the footage that the terrorists were massing up at the location for either a well-planned meeting or preparing for a major attack on troops.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, over 100 heavily armed terrorists were observed throwing banters and moving randomly around the structures which also had four troop carriers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aftermath of the air strike revealed that two out of the three structures, as well as the entire troop carriers were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are also indications that Abu Asad, a key figure in the Ali Ngulde group under Boko Haram, as well as other terrorists like Ibrahim Nakeeb, Mujaheed Dimtu, Mustafa Munzir and several fighters were among the several terrorists eliminated in the air strike,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has eliminated a key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on Mandara&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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