The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out a precision airstrike on a terrorist enclave in Katsina State, destroying a key logistics base and neutralizing several fighters.
The operation, conducted on May 1, targeted a hideout within the Dan-Aji Forest in Faskari Local Government Area under the air component of Operation Fansan Yamma.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, NAF spokesperson Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame said the location served as a logistics hub linked to a notorious terrorist kingpin, Abasu Aiki, whose network operates across the Faskari, Kankara, and Funtua axis.
He said the strike followed intelligence reports of renewed terrorist activity in the area.
“NAF air assets identified armed terrorists on motorcycles alongside other fighters within the enclave and executed a coordinated strike on the location,” Ejodame said.
According to him, battle damage assessment confirmed that several fighters were neutralized, while the logistics hub and associated structures were destroyed.
He added that the strike triggered explosions and widespread fires, indicating the presence of stockpiled weapons and supplies and significantly weakening the group’s operational capacity.
The air force said the operation has disrupted terrorist movement and resupply routes in the area, dealing a fresh blow to armed groups operating within the forest belt.
Katsina remains one of the states hardest hit by banditry in the North-West, with military operations increasingly focused on dismantling camps and cutting off supply lines used by the groups
