Military Jet Used In Fighting Boko Haram Missing

An Alpha Jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force and involved in the counter insurgency operation against Boko Haram sect has gone missing around Adamawa State. The spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, said the aircraft, with two pilots onboard, went missing on Friday.

In an earlier statement, Mr Olukolade disclosed that, the aircraft “left Yola at about 10:45a.m on Friday, 12 September 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12:00 noon, but since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result,” the statement said.

He also disclosed that search and rescue effort had since commenced to establish contact with the crew.