The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its air component under Operation Hadin Kai has destroyed terrorist strongholds in the Southern Tumbuns and Mandara Mountains along the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Ejodame said the precision airstrikes conducted on May 19 at Bukar Meram in the Southern Tumbuns and Chikide in the Mandara Mountains targeted key terrorist enclaves.
Ejodame said the strikes were executed based on credible intelligence and confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
He disclosed that the operations led to the destruction of terrorist logistics hubs, structures, and assembly areas concealed within the locations.
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The NAF spokesman added that several terrorists were neutralised during the strikes, while planned attacks were successfully disrupted.
Ejodame quoted the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, as reaffirming the NAF’s commitment to sustaining coordinated joint operations with sister services and allied partners to eliminate terrorism and restore peace across Nigeria.
Aneke stressed that intelligence-driven air operations would continue to identify and destroy terrorist hideouts, logistics networks, and operational bases across the country.
