Military tok say air strikes kill 103 ISWAP fighters in eight days
- Operation Hadin Kai tok say seven air strikes between 10 and 18 October kill 103 ISWAP fighters.
- Targets include places for Borno and Adamawa states and anoda house of one ISWAP commander.
- Di military tok say dem also destroy boat engines, motorcycles and logistics stores.
Di military tok say air strikes for Borno and Adamawa states kill 103 fighters of di Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in eight days, between 10 and 18 October.
Di Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, announce di figure for one statement by dia acting military information officer, Captain Mohammed Goni.
E tok say Nigerian Army Aviation, di Nigerian Army Remotely Piloted Aircraft (NARPAS) Regiment and air component assets carry out di strikes.
Where di strikes hit
According to di statement, di seven strikes hit targets around Gudumbali for Guzamala Local Government Area (LGA) on 10 October, and Badu for Monguno LGA on 11 October.
Odas na Mairari for Guzamala LGA and one area east of Badu on 13 October, and Duste Uku for Gombi LGA of Adamawa State on 16 October.
Di last strike, on 18 October, hit wetin di military call di alternate residence of Abu Saleem, wey dem say na ISWAP's Wali of South Lake Chad, for di Arina Woje area of Monguno LGA.
Captain Goni tok say follow-up intelligence confirm di killing of Jindullah, wey dem describe as Abu Saleem's chief security guard, and Abul Kissa, wey dem say na member of di group's Shura Council, along with oda fighters for di site.
Di statement tok say di strike destroy di building, nine boat engines and plenty motorcycles wey dem keep there.
On di 13 October operation, di military tok say one aircraft track 16 fighters from di Mairari axis go one gathering of more than 100 fighters with motorcycles, about 23 kilometres east of Badu and 19 kilometres west of Monguno LGA. E tok say dem assess say about 30 fighters die for dat strike, but damage to di motorcycles no confirm.
Wetin e mean
Di military tok say di campaign don scatter ISWAP's command structure, storage points and ability to move fighters and supplies for di Lake Chad area.
E no give breakdown of civilian casualties or independent confirmation of di toll. Di figures come from di military own account.
For residents of Borno and Adamawa, di strikes na part of long-running effort to keep armed groups away from farming and fishing communities around Lake Chad, where movement don restrict for years.
Di military tok say e go keep up di pressure with ground forces and air assets, and say e remain resolute in denying terrorists safe havens.
