The 19th of August, 2016 was a black day for Boko Haram sect as about 300 members were reportedly lost to a massive airstrike by security operatives.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadiq Abubakar has disclosed that over 300 insurgents were killed during a night airstrike on Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State according to a report published by The Nation.
The CAS who spoke at the commissioning of a borehole and 30 bedroom Emergency Hospital built by the Nigeria Airforce at Bama IDPs Camp in Borno described the operation as a very successful one, stressing that they can never attack innocent people again.
The CAS said “we have intensified our airstrikes in recent weeks especially on the 19th of August. We strike the terrorist in en mass. I am happy about our last night operations, at least 300 of the terrorists were killed in that operations, they can never wake to fight us again,”
"I urge you to continue this jobs you are doing here, there is no hidden place for them, we shall continue to strike them until we clear them, ” AVM Abubakar said.
He called on the insurgents to “come out wherever they are and surrender and face justice or they die”.
The President Muhammadu Buhari's administration has been hailed for its successful struggle against the Boko Haram sect despite the failure of the regime to reunite the over 200 abducted Chibok girls with their parents.