The Airforce disclosed that its fighter jets and attack helicopters had bombed the terrorists’ hideouts one hundred and eight times between April and July, 2017.
The Air Component Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military operation in the North-East, Air Commodore TAJUDEEN YUSUF, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Yola, Adamawa State.
YUSUF said some of the challenges with the air operations were thunderstorms and rainfalls, which impacted negatively on some air operations during the period.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Defence, MANSUR DAN-ALI, regretted that the nation’s troops, fighting the Boko Haram sect, could not dominate the environment in the rainy season like they did during dry season.
DAN-ALI however said efforts were ongoing to stop the ambushes regularly laid by the terror group.
