Nigerian Air Force fighter jets successfully destroyed an artillery piece being sneaked into Sambisa forest by insurgents on Friday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air force, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya,disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
The Director of Public Relation said the artillery piece was concealed under a tree and sighted by a Nigerian Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, ISR aircraft while on daytime patrol in the Sambisa general area.
Commodore Adesanya said that about seven insurgents were also observed to be moving out from under the tree.
“The crew on board the ISR platform, therefore, immediately called for air strikes by NAF combat platforms."Following the alert, one Alpha Jet and one F-7Ni fighter aircraft were scrambled for air interdiction on the artillery piece.
“The Alpha Jet and F-7Ni strikes were observed to have hit the target. Thereafter, the Alpha Jet strafed the area with rockets and the location of the artillery piece was completely engulfed in an inferno.
“Subsequently, Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) footage by a NAF ISR aircraft revealed that the strikes were successful as the artillery piece was neutralised,”Commodore Adesanya said.
The Director stated that with the successful attacks, attempts by the remnants of the insurgents to reinforce their capability with the artillery piece was thwarted.
It was a follow-up to other interdiction missions previously carried out in the Sambisa general area and other suspected terrorists’ hideouts.
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