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NAF destroys Boko Haram IED factory in Borno

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully destroyed a suspected Boko Haram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in Grazah, Mandara Mountains, Borno State.

According to Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, the operation was carried out on August 2 in response to intelligence reports of a possible IED factory and logistics storage area in the location.

The factory, believed to have been relocated from Gwoza to Timbuktu Triangle in Sambisa forest and finally to Grazah in the Mandara hills, was under surveillance for weeks, with various installations and armed terrorist activities observed.

The NAF operation also destroyed two gun trucks and neutralized several terrorists in the area.

The operation is part of the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai’s mandate to combat recent attacks on innocent civilians in Borno using IEDs and suicide bombers.

The NAF also assured that the combined efforts of the entire security apparatus of Operation Hadin Kai will continue to target and destroy terrorist enclaves and logistics.

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