This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja.
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He made this known while addressing officers and men during his maiden operational tour of NAF units in Benue State.
PRNigeria revealed that Super Tucano jets and other aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force executed multiple bombardments in the axis
The bandits, it was learnt, were eliminated by air strikes of Nigerian military air troops.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet announced this in a press release he issued Tuesday.
This development was confirmed in a statement by the spokesman of the Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet.
The Wall Street Journal said in a report on Sunday that the NAF brokered the deal as President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a trip to Katsina, his home state.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaj Lai Mohammed, said this at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria.
Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said in a statement on Thursday that following intelligence on Boko Haram/ISWAP movements along the Kamadougou Yobe River line, an aircraft was detailed to respond to the suspected terrorists activities in the area, along the Nigeria/Niger border at about 0600hrs on 15 September 2021.
This is part of government’s efforts to bolster the ongoing war against terrorism.
Gabkwet who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja said the six aircraft would be leapfrogged through five countries: Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria, before arriving at their final destination in Nigeria.
Gabkwet made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
This followed the service’s attention drawn to a fake and fraudulent admission notification currently circulating on various social media platforms.
PRNigeria gathered that the terrorists dressed in army uniforms had ambushed and opened fire at a Mobile Police Force convoy who were returning from Buni Yadi between Auno- Garin Kuturu in Kaga Local Government Area.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja admonished those that were gloating over the incidence and called for support for the military.
The Air Force had declared the Alpha Jet fighter aircraft, NAF 475, missing on March 31, saying a few days later that it might have crashed
The seven minutes 30 seconds-long video showed the Alpha Jet flying low over a battlefield arena with multiple Boko Haram fighters engaging in fierce and uncoordinated firefights
The spokesman of the Service, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, gave the update in a statement in the early hours of Friday
The spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in the early hours of Thursday
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, said that Commanders of all ongoing military operations will henceforth report directly to Irabor, as obtained in military organizations across the world.