The Nigerian Airforce has restated its determination to fight
terrorism and has revealed how its operations are conducted. In a video
highlighting how its operations are conducted, the Airforce discredited
allegations that it killed some of the abducted girls from Government
Secondary School, Chibok through its airstrike.
The Air-force showed video surveillance of its operations and how
they track Boko Haram members as such have no hands in the allegation.
Boko Haram had alleged that the Airforce killed some of the Chibok girls
through its aerial bombardment.
See the full statement from the army on how it tracks Boko Haram insurgents.
ALLEGED KILLING OF ABDUCTED CHIBOK GIRLS BY NIGERIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER JETS
The attention of the Nigerian Air Force has been drawn to the
latest video released online by the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group
alleging the killing of some of the abducted Chibok school girls by
Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. It is pertinent to state that the video
is not only a ruse but another mischievous effort by the dying sect to
draw public attention to itself. Whereas the video showed a cross
section of the abducted girls and an airborne aircraft, it provided no
evidence that the supposed casualties were as a result of any air to
ground attack.
More so, there is sufficient evidence to believe that the
casualties were arranged as the positioning of the bodies clearly
defiles any natural setting of a location that has undergone aerial
bombardment. Besides, the impact and accompanying degree of damage to
the bodies would have been more, were they to have died from air strike.
It is therefore clear that the video is a make-up story to discredit
the NAF, and more importantly, a deliberate effort to weep up sentiment
among the public in order to dissuade and discontinue the use of
airpower which has proved very effective as the major determinant factor
in the successes recorded in the ongoing counterinsurgency operations
in the North East.
The NAF has put-in place a number of measures to avoid the
incidence of collateral damage. To this end, considerable effort is
committed to undertaking Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
(ISR) missions, both day and night, to ensure that only legitimate
military targets are engaged. Besides, NAF ISR platforms carry highly
sophisticated equipment on-board which are able to provide pin-point
accurate intelligence about target location and description as depicted
in the enclosed video on our ISR operations. And where there are doubts
about target status, we do not undertake strike missions. In any case,
the NAF, being a professional fighting force, has not and will not
engage in unprofessional practices in discharging its statutory duties.
The NAF will like to assure Nigerians, living within the vicinity
of its operations, of their safety. While urging them also to disregard
the BHT video as a mere propaganda, the NAF wishes to use this
opportunity to restate its commitment to restoration of peace in the
North East and other troubled areas in the country.
Watch video below:
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