The Nigerian Airforce says it is deploying more personnel to the Air Task Force in Maiduguri, for the counter insurgency operations.
According to Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar,during the step is aimed at adopting a new strateg for the conduct of operations and to appraise the efforts and achievements of the combatants so far.
Air Chief Abubakar said the Air Task force had flown 1,669 hours during which 33 targets were hit including the logistic base of the insurgents.
According to him, the outstanding performance of the Air Task has “substantially created a very conducive environment for the other forces to operate” adding that the Northeast is now generally quite.
“We have made it extremely difficult for biko haram to have freedom of movement with the use of our airplanes and the fact that we have destroyed a lot of their locations that has made it much easier I believe for the other forces to conduct their operations.”
The Air Marshall also used the opportunity to ask his men to follow guidelines drawn out by the authority to stay safe and carry out their constitutional duties at this critical time of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
