The
Nigeria Airforce has condemned media reports stating that it has
located the missing Chibok girls abducted by the terror group Boko
Haram.
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Saturday released a statement stating
that it knows the location of Chibok girls as was circulated in the
media within the week.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Ayodele Famuyiwa, the Nigerian
Air Force categorically denied the claim that it spotted the girls.
“The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been drawn
to a statement to the effect that the NAF has located the position of
the Chibok girls,’ Mr. Famuyiwa said.
“Please let it be known that this statement is a
misrepresentation of the interview that the NAF Director of Public
Relations gave the Channels Television that was aired on Friday 12
February 2016.
“The NAF is hereby making it categorically clear that in the
said interview the Director made mention of the NAF’s ability to
identify POSSIBLE LOCATION that the girls might be in.
“Hence, the NAF wishes to categorically state that it has at no
time identified the specific location of the Chibok girls. However, it
is working round the clock with surveillance aircraft covering the over
157,000 km2 area of the North East in order to identify the position of
not only the Chibok girls but other Nigerians that might have been held
captives.
“Towards the realization of this goal, the NAF has from January
2016 till date using aircraft, ISR platforms such as ATR-42, B-350 and
CH-3 UAV flown surveillance missions totaling over 346 hours consuming
about 85,887 litres of Jet A-1 and 3,830 litres of Mogas costing
N15,337,862:50 and $19,150:00 respectively.”
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