ATF destroys terrorists logistics facility at Yamud

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter/Abuja

The Air Task Force of operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist’s (BHT’s) logistics storage facility and neutralized several of their fighters at Yamud along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis of Borno State. This was contained in a press statement signed by Major General John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations. According to the statement, the operation was executed on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating that the settlement was one of the locations where terrorists store their logistics and assemble to launch attacks; series of follow-up aerial surveillance missions also showed significant number of terrorists within the settlement and also identified some compounds that were being used as storage facilities and meeting venues.

The Air Task Force, accordingly detailed its fighter jets to attack the location scoring accurate hits leading to the destruction of the designated target structures as well as the neutralization of several of the terrorists.