Nigerian Air Force has disclosed that it has discovered locations
where the Chibok girls are being held captive by the Boko Haram sect.
Director
of Public Relations of the Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa,
told Channels Television that the areas cannot be attacked for safety of
the girls.
He said recent aerial bombardment was aimed at the logistics base of the Boko Haram sect.
He said: “We have no fears that the girls are not there because that
particular location has been under surveillance for quite a while and we
suspected maybe it’s a kind of ammunition depot or maybe a workshop
that they are using as their logistics place.
“Once you take off
the logistics base, of course you gradually weaken the resolve of the
enemy to be able to prosecute any campaign.”
On the use of
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)m he said, the machines “have the
capability to be airborne for up to eleven hours and they are quite
cheap to maintain.
“So, we have been able to employ the UAV to a
great extent to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance basically for
intelligence gathering on the activities of the Boko Haram.”
Famuyiwa added that the drones have helped the Air Force to understand
the terrorists’ pattern of movement and “how to be able to counter them
should they want to strike or spring any surprise”.
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