The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reports intensified intelligence-led air operations against terrorists and armed bandits across Nigeria’s North-West, carried out under Operation FANSAN YAMMA Sector 1. Across recent missions highlighted by multiple outlets, NAF aircraft conduct precision strikes on identified criminal enclaves and terrorist strongholds, aiming to disrupt hostile activities and degrade operational capacity. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, the NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, attributes the operations to credible intelligence, surveillance and armed reconnaissance supporting joint ground efforts.
Accounts from the outlets describe separate mission outcomes in which targeted areas linked to terrorist movement and activity are struck, with follow-up reconnaissance indicating no further hostile presence in at least some locations. One report also cites air operations that neutralise several insurgents during successive sorties. The NAF also emphasises ongoing aerial surveillance and the integration of air power with surface operations as part of its wider campaign to protect civilians and restore peace in the region.
No casualty figures or detailed location-by-location results are consistently provided across the reports.
