Tucanos bombard Somalia in Sambisa; Operation Whirl Punch pounds bandits in Niger, Kaduna

Federal troops, with the support of two Super Tucano fighter jets, have neutralized many ISWAP terrorists in their hideout called Somalia around Sambisa.

According to PRNigeria, Somalia is believed to house the terrorists medical facility where their wounded fighters and sick members got treatment

The bombers also raided Abdallari, another  terrorist community in the northeast of Maiduguri, killing the criminals and destroying their camps.

The air raids were not limited to the northeast. In Niger and Kaduna State, the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch carried out onslaughts on the terrorists’ hideout.

“For instance, strikes were undertaken in Kaduna on 7 September 2022 following series of intelligence from various sources on terrorists’ hideouts at Gidan Waya, in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA),” a security source told the platform.

“There, the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch discovered terrorists’ structures hidden under clusters of trees at the location with terrorists’ activities noticed within the vicinity.

“Subsequently, the targets were acquired and attacked with bombs. Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) footages and feedback from locals as well as Nigerian Army troops deployment within the location revealed that the terrorists’ hideouts were destroyed, while several terrorists were neutralized or suffered varying degrees of injuries”.