A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft under Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP) has successfully struck a terrorist kingpin Boderi and his foot soldiers at their hideout in Tsauni Doka of Igabi local government area of Kaduna State.
A statement by the NAF director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Cdre Edward Gabkwet, said the airstrikes became necessary after intelligence revealed the presence of the terrorist kingpin known as Boderi and his foot soldiers at Tsauni Doka.
He said the airstrikes were subsequently carried out on the location in the early hours of November 16, 2023, with devastating consequences on the terrorists.
According to the statement, similar strikes with positive outcomes were also carried out at a location about 500 metres east of Boderi’s hideout, believed to be the hiding place of Boderi’s brother, Nasiru.
He said: “both strikes were termed very successful as several terrorists were neutralised and their motorcycles destroyed.”
He said Boderi and his brother Nasiru, alongside their cohorts, had been linked to several attacks and abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway, Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road as well as in several communities in Niger and Kaduna States.
