Airforce jets destroy ISWAP hideout, kills militants
By TVC News Nigeria
07 November 2019 |
3:05 pm
The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province hideout, and killed some of its fighters at Arrinna Ciki, on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State.
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