NAF INTENSIFIES AIRPOWER CAMPAIGN, STRENGTHENS AIR PRESENCE IN SOKOTO TO DENY TERRORISTS FREEDOM OF ACTION. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE
NAF INTENSIFIES AIRPOWER CAMPAIGN, STRENGTHENS AIR PRESENCE IN SOKOTO TO DENY TERRORISTS FREEDOM OF ACTION The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified its airpower campaign against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities across the North-West, with a strengthened air presence in Sokoto State to support ongoing joint security operations. The initiative reflects the Service’s determination to sustain pressure on hostile elements, enhance aerial surveillance and maintain the capacity for rapid response to emerging threats, while providing effective air support to ground forces operating within the Joint Operations Area. The strengthened air presence is particularly significant in the fight against asymmetric threats, where terrorists and bandits exploit difficult terrain, mobility and concealment to evade ground forces. By leveraging the reach, speed, flexibility and precision of airpower, the NAF is better positioned to support efforts to locate, disrupt and d...
After the Nigerian army arrested those that masterminded the suicide attacks in the northern part of Nigeria,the Islamist group Boko Haram,has offered to free the more than 200 Chibok girls,that were kidnapped from their school on April,2014 in exchange for the release of its militant leaders held by the government.Revealing this new development yesterday,a human rights activist,who has been a negotiator for Boko Haram Fred Eno,told Associated Press that Boko Haram's current offer is limited to the girls from the Government Girls Secondary School,Chibok,Borno state,whose mass abduction in April 2014 ignited world wide outrage and a campaign that stretched to other countries.Negotiator Fred Eno,who was involved in last year's talks,revealed another window of opportunity had opened within the past few days,but he could not disclose details.Mr Eno said the recent killings of around 350 people over the past nine days by Boko Haram fits with the pattern of increased violence as the Islamists look for a stronger negotiating position.Mr Eno also said that the latest opportunity comes through respected Islamic scholars and Muslim elders who were ignored by Jonathan's people,but noe have taken dangerous and courageous steps to engage the insurgents.The five week old administration of President Muhammadu Buhari offers ''a clean slate'' to bring the militants back to negotiations which had become poisoned by the different security agencies and their advice to the former president.One more photo below. 
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