Insecurity: NAF Deploys 1,300 Special Forces In Zamfara, Benue - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 21, 2019
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has deployedno fewer than 1,300 Special Forces to Benue and Zamfara states to restorenormalcy following renewed killings and armed banditry in the two states.
The Air Force also disclosed that ithad purchased an attack helicopter to tackle insecurity in the country, sayingthe Italian-manufactured Augusta 109 helicopter would soon be delivered to itscustody.
NAF Chief of Air Staff, Air MarshalSadique Abubakar, who said this  inAbuja, at the Chief of Air Staff First Quarter Conference, noted that while1,000 of the special forces troops were moved to Zamfara to tackle armedbanditry in the state, 300 others were deployed to Benue State following therenewed killings in the state.
Abubakar particularly said thespecially-trained personnel were deployed in Zamfara and Benue states becauseof ceaseless security problems they were known for. He also said the SpecialForces would be deployed within the Zamfara-Sokoto-Kaduna axis to contend thespate of criminalities ravaging the North West.