NAF Destroys ISWAP Logistics Storage Facilities At Kirta Wulgo, Borno

The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed storage facilities belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) at Kirta Wulgo on the fringes of Lake Chad in the northern part of Borno State. 

In a statement signed by Air Commodore, Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information said the feat was achieved on 15th December 2019, in air strikes executed as part of the ongoing Operation RATTLE SNAKE.

Daramola said the operation was executed after credible Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports indicated that 3 green-roofed buildings at the edge of the settlement were being used as warehouses by the ISWAP elements to store their food, vehicle spares, gunboats and other logistics items. 

The statement read in part: “The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has dealt another decisive blow on terrorist elements operating in the Northeast of the country.

“Accordingly, the ATF, after carrying out confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, dispatched its attack aircraft to engage the location scoring devastating hits in successive strikes leading to the destruction of the buildings. 

“The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain its efforts to completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in the Northeast, ” the statement added.