Nigerian Air Force has launched a new operation in the step- up of the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in Northeast Nigeria.

The new operation codenamed “Operation Forest Storm” is to eliminate the inflow of Boko Haram insurgents from the northern part of Borno to the South.

Briefing newsmen at the NAF base Yola in Adamwa state, the Chief of Training and Operations, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Iya, said the special operation is expected to last for about seven days.

Iya said as part of the Operation of the NAF in Lafiya Dole, air surveillance conducted over the entire theater of Operations in the Northeast revealed some insurgents in the southern part of the Area of Operation and Forest Storm is specifically designed to take care of them.

He said since the campaign began, security has greatly improved in the northeast and the military operations have been able to degrade the ranks of the insurgents, assuring that civilians have nothing to fear about the operation as the Air Force will ensure there is no collateral damage.