The Hadin Kai Operation Air Component (OPHK) has killed more than 35 suspected terrorist Boko Haram in a precision air strike near the Nigerian -Cameroon border in the state of Borno.
Director of Public Relations and Information with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, revealed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
He said the operation was carried out in the early days of Saturday, following an attempt to attack on land forces in the Kumshe axis in the state of Borno.
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The spokesperson said: “Precision air fly is executed based on several intelligence reports. Terrorists are involved in successive attacks in the four identified assembly areas.
“The air strike was successful, with communication re -established with land forces confirmed that the situation around their location was stable.
“The latest operation is part of Naf’s efforts to dominate the battle space and deny the freedom of acts of terrorist in the northeast.”