NAF airstrikes neutralize terrorists in Kaduna

<p>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Sunday said it has neutralised numerous terrorist elements at Tsauni Doka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.</p>, <p>Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, stated this in a statement in Abuja.</p>, <p>Gabkwet said that the air interdiction mission was carried out by the NAF component of Operation Whirl Punch.</p>, <p>According to him, the strikes were carried out after credible intelligence revealed the presence of a terrorist kingpin known as Boderi and his foot soldiers at Tsauni Doka.</p>, <p>He said the air strikes were conducted on the location in the early hours of November 16, with devastating consequences on the terrorists.</p>, <p>“Both strikes were termed very successful as several terrorists were neutralised and their motorcycles destroyed,” he said.</p>, <p>“Boderi and his brother Nasiru, alongside their cohorts, have been blamed for several attacks and abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway, Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road as well as in several communities in Niger and Kaduna States.”</p>