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April 14, 2019
The Chief of AirStaff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, said Nigeria Air Force would soon deploy twomore helicopter gunships to support the ongoing operations against the banditsin the North-West.
Abubakar made thisknown while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri, Borno state.
He spoke on thesideline of the inauguration of newly constructed accommodation for technicalcrew and airmen at the Nigerian Air Force Composite Command, Maiduguri.
He said that theadditional helicopter gunships would be inducted this month by PresidentMuhammadu Buhari for deployment to the North-West.
On alleged bombing ofvillagers in Zamfara, Abubakar dismissed the report as misleading, adding thatavailable data indicated that the Air Force only destroyed bandits’ hideouts.Abubakar explained that theservice employed sound surveillance and monitoring modalities to identify itstargets and avoid civilian casualties.