The air component of Operation Whirl Punch has killed at least 30 terrorists and kidnappers in an air attack in the Kwiga-Kampanin Doka corridor in Kaduna State’s Birnin Gwari Local Government Area.
AVM Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja.
According to Gabkwet, the strike was carried out in response to intelligence on criminal movements along the axis.
He went on to say that the same syndicate was behind the ambush on troops in Kwanan Mutuwa on January 27, as well as other attacks and abductions of innocent residents in Birnin Gwari.
Gabkwet further stated that a systematic and extensive scan revealed a trail of terrorists moving in a convoy of roughly 15 motorcycles, each carrying at least two armed terrorists.
“Accordingly, the terrorists were trailed to a location where they converged before they were engaged and neutralised in a precision strike.
“The aftermath of the air strike revealed that several of the terrorists were eliminated as a result of the strike,” he said.