By Christel Odili
As part of efforts to stop the incessant attacks in Kaduna state, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar,
has directed that Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces alongside air assets be deployed to Kaduna state.
The NAF Special Forces, who are trained in asymmetric warfare, were airlifted from Abuja with the NAF C-130 Hercules aircraft to complement the efforts of other security forces on ground to prevent further attack on innocent citizens.
In a statement by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, revealed that the detachment will join other NAF personnel in Kaduna and other security agencies to ensure that the spate of senseless killings in some parts of the State is brought to a complete end and normalcy expeditiously restored.
According to him, “the deployment is in addition to the earlier deployment of 2 helicopters and a DA-42 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft on 22 October 2018, which have since been conducting aerial patrols over flash points in the State”.