The Nigerian Air Force says it has located the possible location of the abducted Chibok girls. The Director of Public Relations at the Nigerian Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, told Channels TV that the Air Force is abstaining from attacking the area to make sure that the girls are not hit.
He explained that the latest aerial bombardment of Sambisa forest had been aimed at the logistics base of the Boko Haram sect and not areas where the Chibok girls could be located. "We have no fears that the girls are not there because that particular location has been under surveillance for quite a while and we suspected maybe its a kind of ammunition depot or maybe a workshop that they are using as their logistics place. Once you take off the logistics base, of course you gradually weaken the resolve of the enemy to be able to prosecute any campaign," he said.
Explaining some of the tactics used by the Air Force to locate the girls, Famuyiwa said: "The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has become a force multiplier for us because its cheaper to run these platforms, you are not putting men there (and) the risk of losing human beings is greatly reduced. Again the UAVs have the capability to be airborne for up to eleven hours and its quite cheap to maintain. So, we have been able to employ the UAV to a great extent to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance basically for intelligence gathering on the activities of the Boko Haram."
He said that the UAVs have also helped the Air Force to understand the terrorists’ pattern of movement and "how to be able to counter them should they want to strike or spring any surprise".
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Posted: at 13-02-2016 12:47 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Eazyatumeyi at 13-02-2016 12:54 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Good move but are you very very sure they are there?
Posted: at 13-02-2016 12:54 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
zezprincess at 13-02-2016 02:33 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Welldone,but come are you guys quite sure of this? If yes make una bombard there&save the chiboks girls thou my mind told me that almost all of them has been killed cos they were used for suicide bombing&remaining few don be mama.
Posted: at 13-02-2016 02:33 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
Unprofessional military personnels,do you really need to expose your plans to those beast before taking them unaware, they're also open to the internet and I belief they've must have seen this trash and make another plans..
Posted: at 13-02-2016 03:11 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
Right for the time of gej till now the best our military can do is only to continuously locate the girls but to bring them back Na him be their biggest trouble
Posted: at 14-02-2016 01:30 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
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