The major town where the attack was carried out is located about 72km and 44.8 miles to the restive Maiduguri capital.
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PRNigeria gathered that the airstrikes were executed on Wednesday after suspected ISWAP terrorists attacked a military formation with over a dozen gun trucks.
In a statement on Sunday, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, said the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Mainok, “came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists mounted on unconfirmed number of Gun Trucks as well as foot soldiers with possible intent of establishing a phantom caliphate in the town.”
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
The fighters, mostly from the Islamic State West Africa Province group, had stormed the area by firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades from gun trucks.
Impeccable sources confirmed that the ISWAP jihadists clash occurred on Sunday, less than 24 hours after reports emerged of the appointment of a new ISWAP terrorists’ Governor of the Lake Chad region, Amir Aliyu Chakkar.