- The Nigerian Air Force is using special aircraft mounted with newly installed surveillance cameras, to search for the remaining Chibok girls
- The Air Force is carrying out this Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions on a daily basis, night and day
- NAF has stressed that its focus is to rid the northeast of the madness being perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has disclosed that it is conducting a search for the remaining Chibok girls in Sambisa forest, with its special aircraft mounted with ‘newly installed surveillance cameras,’ Punch reports.
The development was made public by Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF director of public relations and information.
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NAIJ.com gathers that in a bid to rescue the school girls and any other possible Boko Haram captives, the special aircraft goes on daily Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions.
According to Adesanya, the military was taking action, and not folding its arms.
He stated: “One thing I can assure you is that there is no day that the sun rises and sets that the Air Force does not expend resources to locate every possible hostage of Boko Haram terrorists.
“The captives may be the Chibok schoolgirls and other women or children who we never heard of. This is why in the North-east, we have the ISR missions.
“We also expended money to install the surveillance cameras to our platforms to search for the girls. Those missions are undertaken night and day. They are flown by young officers.
“I was on one of the missions and we spent over three hours flying in the search. This was about three months ago.
“Although, we once said that one of Abubakar Shekau’s wives was killed in an air strike, the focus of our operations is not Shekau’s wife; that might not be of any value to the war efforts.
“Our focus is to rid the North-east of the madness being perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents.”
About 113 Chibok girls are still in captivity.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that NAF disclosed that it had been able to identify possible locations of the abducted Chibok school girls.
The director of public relations of the force, Group Capt Ayodele Famuyima, explained some of the tactics used in locating the girls, stressing that the force was abstaining from attacking the area in order to ensure the safety of the girls.
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Source: Naija.ng