Insurgency: NAF Assures Civilians’ Safety

It emerged on Saturday, that the Nigerian Air Force gave an assurance that the current air strike in the Boko Haram infested Sambisa forest would not in any way affect the civilian populaceMaking this known, Air Component Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Air Commodore Isiaka Amao argued that the air force embarked on several intelligence gathering on the area before going further with the mission.According to the commander, “We are on a mission to wipe out the Boko Haram terrorists from their Sambisa forest hideout. We are also aware that the terrorists usually keep abducted women and children among them; so we carry out series of intelligence-gathering before striking at any target in the hideout.“We do not carry out strikes in women and children locations because we know that they are innocent persons kept by force by the terrorists.“Our job is to degrade the terrorists and rescue vulnerable persons forcefully abducted.”