{"id":32692,"date":"2020-09-25T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32692"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:56:01","slug":"scores-of-terrorists-killed-in-lake-chad-sambisa-during-airstrikes-dhq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32692","title":{"rendered":"Scores of terrorists killed in Lake Chad, Sambisa during airstrikes \u2013DHQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MAJ-GEN-JOHN-ENENCHE.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the killing of several Boko Haram\/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists\u2019 in Lake Chad and Sambisa forest during airstrikes on their hideouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, who said that the operation was carried out by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/buratai-must-account-for-spending-on-lafiya-dole-crocodile-smile-serap-eie-budgit\/\">Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the strikes were launched under a subsidiary operation tagged \u2018\u2019Operation Hail Storm\u2019\u2019 with one of the targets located at Bula Sabo on the fringes of the Sambisa forest, identified as a settlement used as dwelling place by some terrorist commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said; \u201cThe Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships metted devastating hits on the target buildings, including a logistics facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the same vein, Dole, which is located in the Yale-Kokiwa axis near Dikwa, was targeted because the settlement was being used by the terrorists as a venue to plan and launch attacks against locations in the surrounding areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enenche added that the NAF attack aircraft similarly engaged the location, inflicting heavy damage on the insurgents\u2019 structures and neutralising several fighters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the killing of several Boko Haram\/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists\u2019 in Lake Chad and Sambisa forest during airstrikes on their hideouts. 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