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Nigerian Air Force kills 45 bandits, ISWAP commander in airstrikes   

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Three Super Tucano Jets. The Air Force carried out the airstrikes following intelligence reports on the key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry activities in Rijana, Kaduna State in North West Nigeria and the epicenter of the activities of fighters of ISWAP in North East Borno. FILE PHOTO | EMBRAER | AFP

By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Fighters from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have raided the enclaves of bandits and terrorists, killing 45 bandits as well as frontline commander of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). 

The Air Force carried out the airstrikes following intelligence reports on the key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry activities in Rijana, Kaduna State in North West Nigeria and the epicenter of the activities of fighters of ISWAP in North East Borno.

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