Air force jets bomb Boko Haram location at Tagoshe Mountain

A spokesman for the Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, announced the bombardment in a statement.

He said: "Intelligence report by Sister surface forces had it that remnants of fleeing BHTs were gathered at the location.

"This report was confirmed by NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft before combat platforms were called in to strike the location.

"Follow-up battle damage assessment confirmed that the air attack was successful as shown by the enclosed declassified footage of the operation."

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It was, however, not clear how many of the suspected terrorists were killed in the air strike.