Boko Haram Releases Video Showing Downing Of NAF Fighter Jet

A Boko Haram faction has released footage showing the downing of
a Nigerian fighter aircraft.

HumAngle reports that the video showed fighters carrying Rocket
Propelled Grenade, artillery equipment, the corpse of the pilot and
the aircraft’s debris.

The website shared screenshots of the crashed jet, both mid-air
and on the ground, on Friday via its Twitter page.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet was deployed for an
operation against the Boko Haram sect.

On Wednesday, the military confirmed it went off the radar, with
no traces found since.

The fighter aircraft lost contact with the base at about 5pm,
the same day, while on an interdiction mission in support of ground
troops.

Locals saw the jet fly around Goni Kurmiri and Njimia villages
after attacking terrorist locations around the Sambisa Forest.

Recall the military and civilian population who speculated that
the insurgents, who possess sophisticated weapons, might have shot
the aircraft.

Intelligence sources had explained that bad weather was
hindering the search which commenced shortly after the
disappearance.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao flew to
Maiduguri on Thursday over the incident.

A Boko Haram faction has released footage showing the downing of
a Nigerian fighter aircraft.

HumAngle reports that the video showed fighters carrying Rocket
Propelled Grenade, artillery equipment, the corpse of the pilot and
the aircraft’s debris.

The website shared screenshots of the crashed jet, both mid-air
and on the ground, on Friday via its Twitter page.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet was deployed for an
operation against the Boko Haram sect.

On Wednesday, the military confirmed it went off the radar, with
no traces found since.

The fighter aircraft lost contact with the base at about 5pm,
the same day, while on an interdiction mission in support of ground
troops.

Locals saw the jet fly around Goni Kurmiri and Njimia villages
after attacking terrorist locations around the Sambisa Forest.

Recall the military and civilian population who speculated that
the insurgents, who possess sophisticated weapons, might have shot
the aircraft.

Intelligence sources had explained that bad weather was
hindering the search which commenced shortly after the
disappearance.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao flew to
Maiduguri on Thursday over the incident.