Incessant Attacks: President Buhari Directs Air Force To Shell Bandits In Niger State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 27, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the constant attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs, directing the Nigerian Air Force, NAF to deploy its fighter aircrafts towards checking the menace.
The President, who gave the order in a statement issued byhis Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja,described the incessant attacks which claimed several lives in the affectedcommunities as a disaster for the nation.
He directed the deployment of air power to support troopsand policemen deployed to the difficult terrain to counter the menace of theattackers operating in the forest area bordering Kaduna, Niger and ZamfaraStates.
In line with this directive, according to the presidentialaide, the Nigerian Air Force is setting up refueling facilities at Minna, NigerState, to support the air operations.Shehu added that relevant military authoritieshad assured the President that given the improved weather conditions, a majorexercise to ‘visually acquire targets’ and launch attacks would soon follow