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Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the air strike in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna.

The report, with the caption: “Wreckage of Missing NAF Alpha Jet 475 Found in Bama,” said the missing aircraft as well as the body of one of the pilots had been found.

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 NAF jet last Wednesday lost contact with radar around 5 pm, while on an interdiction mission in support of ground troops. The mission was part of the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the North East.

According to the NAF, the Alpha Jet disappeared from the radar at about 5pm on Wednesday.

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 NAF Alpha Jet on Wednesday lost contact with radar while on an interdiction mission in support of ground troops

The spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in the early hours of Thursday

He stated this while on his maiden tour of the NAF Tactical Air Command, Makurdi on Friday, according to a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet

This was disclosed by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, according to a statement by the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters on Friday.

The officers comprise of 42 officers in the Naval Warfare Course and 47 officers in the Command Level Officers Course.

The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, told a press conference on Sunday that there was also a kidnap attempt at around Ifira village in Igabi Local Government area, where bandits attempted to attack a senior staff quarters around the Kaduna Airport general area. 

The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

Paul Apel-Papel, script writer and director of the film, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.

The officers were buried in the National Military Cemetery, Karonmajigi, Airport Road, Abuja.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, said the officers had paid the supreme price in the service to the nation

A senior military officer, who confirmed the development to PRNigeria, said the military vehicle that was damaged during the attack had also been recovered.

The Nigerian troops in a joint operation involving the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Nigeria Police sustained raid operation in the axis after the killing of four soldiers on escort duties in the area by IPOB elements.

NAF had confirmed on Sunday that seven passengers onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft died when the jet crashed in Abuja.