This is contained in a press release signed by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore WAP Maigida.
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Maigida, who was the Commander of 551 NAF Station in Jos, took over from Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who also replaced him in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony Friday in Bauchi, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, said that the advanced special operations course 1/2022 was first of its kind in the course carried out by NAF.
The media house, which has links to Nigeria’s security institutions, said the aircraft is a training aircraft.
Sources said the two pilots onboard are feared dead.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet Friday in Abuja.
PRNigeria gathered that ISWAP Senior Commander, Mallam Ari in charge of Kirta Wulgo and foreign mercenaries fabricating Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) for the terrorists were reportedly killed during the latest airstrikes by the aircraft.
He disclosed this when he appeared before the House Committee on Air Force to defend the 2022 budget Appropriation.
The criminals, who rode on several motorcycles, PRNigeria learnt, were advancing to stage an ambush on ground troops at Dogon Dawa and Damari communities in Birnin Gwari local government area of the state.
PRNigeria gathered that the terrorists had attempted to attack a military base in the area before they were stopped by the troops who had been put on high alert.
Umar, led in evidence by his counsel, Onyechi Ipeazu, SAN, told the court that he did not authorise such a transfer.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, stated this during the 1st matriculation and capping ceremony of 42 students of the Nigerian Air Force College of Nursing Science (NAFCONS) in Kaduna.
PRNigeria had reported that a NAF attack jet had injured women and children on Wednesday when it targeted suspected ISWAP
The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement in Abuja.
Olateru made the announcement at the release of eight accident reports which covered 2010 and 2019.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Kaduna.