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...
According to Vanguard,a Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia,Presious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed.Nwoko,also known as Precious Max and linked with several Australian woman arrested for being his mules,was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment in 2014.His hope for reprieve was dashed by a Cambodian appeals court today tuesday.The court upheld his prison term,ruling that it was appropriate and in accordance with Cambodia law.The court also upheld the prison terms slammed on a French woman ,and Australian.The trio were all convicted for trying to smuggle heroin to Australia.Judge Pol Sam Ouen said the sentences given by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in May 2o14 to then-19-year-old Frenchwoman Charlene Savarino,41 year old Ann Yoshe Taylor of Australia and 23-year-old Precious Nwoko of Nigeria were correct.The lower court had sentenced Savarino to 25 years in prison,Taylor to 23 years and Nwoko to 27 years.Savarino and Taylor were arrested in September 2013 at Phnom Penh International Airport after police found 2.2 kilograms {4.8 pounds} pf heroin in Taylor's luggage as they prepared to fly together to Australia.Nwoko,Savarino's boyfriend,was believed to have masterminded the smuggling and asked Savarino to make the arrangements.Cambodia is no a major producer of illegal drugs but has increasingly become a smuggling transit route.One more photo below.
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