The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated a major terrorist hideout in Zamfara State following a series of precision airstrikes on the Sauri camp in Tsafe Local Government Area.
The operation, carried out on November 14, 2025, was executed by the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA and followed days of coordinated intelligence gathering. The details were contained in a statement released on Saturday by the NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, on X.
Ejodame said the mission was launched after “comprehensive intelligence and surveillance operations” confirmed heavy terrorist activity at the camp, including rustled livestock hidden on elevated terrain used as both a defensive shield and a logistics base.
According to him, the air component conducted “multiple coordinated strike passes on the identified targets, achieving direct hits that dislodged surviving terrorists attempting to flee into surrounding vegetation, where they were subsequently tracked and effectively engaged.”
Ejodame added that the strikes resulted in the “neutralisation of numerous terrorists and the destruction of critical structures and logistics points, significantly degrading the criminals’ operational capability in the area.”
He also quoted the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, who reaffirmed the resolve of the Nigerian Air Force to maintain unrelenting pressure on armed groups.
“We will find them, hunt them down, and protect our people,” Aneke said.
The Air Force noted that the success of the air interdiction highlights the continued effectiveness of Operation FANSAN YAMMA in denying terrorists safe havens across Zamfara and supporting broader national efforts to restore stability in the North-West region.
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