OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE: AIR TASK FORCE LAUNCHES SUBSIDIARY OPERATION HAIL STORM 2, DESTROYS TERRORISTS’ HIDEOUTS, NEUTRALIZES SEVERAL FIGHTERS AT BULA SABO, DOLE IN BORNO STATE

Major General John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations

The Armed Forces of Nigeria has again recorded another major success in its Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency operations in the North-East as the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, on 23 September 2020,  destroyed several Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) hideouts and neutralized several fighters at Bula Sabo and Dole in Borno State. 

This was contained in s statement by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche. According to the statement, "these successes were achieved through airstrikes executed to mark the launch of a new subsidiary Operation, tagged ‘HAIL STORM 2’,  an air interdiction operation aimed at taking out identified Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and BHT targets in the Lake Chad and Sambisa Forest areas of Borno State." 

General Enenche further stated that "the attack at Bula Sabo, on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest, was executed after credible intelligence reports indicated that a group of buildings in the settlement were being used as dwellings for some BHT commanders. Accordingly, the Air Task Force dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships, which scored devastating hits on the target buildings, including a logistics facility, which was seen engulfed in flames."

He further stated that "in 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. The NAF attack aircraft similarly engaged the location, inflicting heavy damage on the insurgents’ structures and neutralizing several fighters."