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September 24, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force has commenced a 5-daytraining on Human Rights and the Legal Aspects of Air Targeting to improvecompliance with International Rights Law and the Law of Armed Conflict.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information,Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement, said theworkshop was in conjunction with the Defence Institute of International LegalStudies , USA.
He said it was to further upgrade participants’knowledge on the rules and processes of target selection and prioritisation.
He added that the training would improve personnel’sknowledge on matching appropriate response, taking cognizance of commandresponsibilities and operational requirements.
Speaking at the training, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, emphasised that such workshops was critical toNAF operations.
Abubakar, who was represented by the Chief ofAdministration Headquarters, AVM Kingsley Lar, disclosed that the training wasbeing held pursuant to the resolutions of the 2019 Edition of the NAF LegalOfficers’ Retreat.