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...
Consistent with its practice in the past six years,and,as a way of identifying with and keeping the ideas of June 12 alive,the Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun,has declared Monday,June 12,2017 as work-free.The announcement was contained in a statement issued on friday in Abeokuta,signed by the Secretary to the State Government,Taiwo Adeoluwa.According to the statement,the annual holiday is in honour of the late illustrious son of the state,Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola,widely believed to have won the annulled June 12,1993 Presidential election,which marked a unique watershed in Nigeria's democracy.The statement read in part,''This year's celebration will feature the annual 'Democracy Walk',which will be led by the governor,starting from the June 12 Culture Centre,Kuto,Abeokuta at 7am.''The walk is expected to take participants through major roads in the state capital to the Abiola family homestead at Oke-Ido,Gbagura,Abeokuta North Local Government Area,where special prayers and speaches will be made.Later in the day,an inspirational stage play,'Oju Kekekun' {farewell to reproach},directed by Prof. Bakare Ojo Rasaki,will be performed at the June 12 Cultural Centre,between 3:45 and 6:00pm'.One more photo below.
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