The Nigerian Air Force on Friday by deploying six special
combat Jets that are geared towards wiping out the Boko Haram insurgency in the
region in a short time. This happened as they launched the second phase of its
counterinsurgency campaign in Northeast.
The six lethal aircrafts, comprising three Alpha Jets and
three MIF7 jets are to be used by a new combat group, tagged ‘Operation
Gama-Aiki’ meaning ‘end the Job’ in Hausa.
“Operation Gama Aiki”, launched on Friday in Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital, is a second phase of the NAF operation in the ongoing
counter terrorism war in the volatile Northeast.
Air Component Commander of the Flagship Counterinsurgency;
‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, Peter Uzezi, said the new phase of the onslaught would
“flush out insurgents from the areas notorious as a major stronghold of the
outlawed group.”
He said the new operation followed a successful outing in
Sambisa forest under the aegis of “Operation Crackdown” in collaboration with
ground troops. [Fighter Jet]
He said six fighter jets had been deployed with specific
instructions to the northern axis area.
“Three out of the six aircrafts are Alfa jets, expected to
patrol the Monguno axis and advance with ground troops towards Alagarno where
operations are ongoing.
“The other three are MIF7 jets heading towards Diffa general
area in Niger Republic enroute Baga local government to effect logistic
re-supply to troops operating in Baga and surrounding towns.
Mr. Uzezi urged the air fighters “to sustain coordinated
airstrikes and interdiction with ground troops as well as the Multi National
Joint Task Force.”
Despite the recorded successes of the Nigeria military over
the Boko Haram insurgents, the outlawed group continued to carry out pockets of
deadly attacks on soft targets especially in communities not covered by the
military.
On Thursday the insurgents attacked a vulnerable group of
mourners in a village in Adamawa State, killing at least 18 persons during a
wake-keeping session.
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