The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Monday, confirmed that several terrorists planning to disrupt the repair being carried out on the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line were killed by strikes from its fighter jets.
The terrorists had destroyed the transmission line, a major conduit supplying electricity to the North.
The attack on this infrastructure has plunged 17 northern states into darkness, leaving them without electricity for the past three weeks.
President Bola Tinubu in his reaction to the action of the terrorists, directed troops to provide cover for electricity workers to enable them to carry out necessary repairs on the damaged infrastructure.
However, in a statement on Monday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, said the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions carried out by the service confirmed the presence of terrorist fighters converging to disrupt the repair of the transmission…