The Nigerian Air Force has set up a board of inquiry to investigate its personnel culpable in the alleged assault of some suspected bandits in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The Air Force noted that the personnel arrested the bandits at Sububu Forest hideout whilst the suspects were about to attack civilians in Shinkafi.
The personnel, however, allegedly flogged and physically assaulted the suspects, which was secretly filmed and went viral on the internet.
The Air Force men and soldiers after recovering one AK-47 rifle and three dane guns from the bandits, beat them almost to unconsciousness in the viral video.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said that the board of inquiry would determine the remote and immediate causes of the incident with a view to ensuring that appropriate disciplinary action is taken against all NAF personnel found culpable.
