Air Force Strikes Terrorists’ Hideouts In Borno, Katsina

The Nigerian Air Force has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts in Borno and Katsina states in a sustained air interdiction campaign.

A statement by NAF spokesman Air Cdre Ehimen Ejodame said the series of coordinated, intelligence-led operations were conducted between January 1 and 2, 2026 across critical threat corridors in the North-East and North-West through the joint task forces of Operations Hadin Kai and Fasan Yamma Sector 2.

He said the air component acting on actionable intelligence on terrorists’ intent, movement and logistics, decisively employed NAF air assets to strike identified hideouts, movement routes and assembly areas.

He said the operations reinforced the service’s resolve to deny terrorists freedom of movement, operational depth, and any form of sanctuary within Nigeria’s sovereign territory.

He explained that in the North-East theatre, successive precision strikes were delivered against deeply concealed terrorist enclaves at Abirma and Chiralia within the Timbuktu Triangle.

This followed persistent surveillance that confirmed active facilities linked to improvised explosive device production and attack planning.