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NAF Deploys Attack Helicopters To Monitor Abuja-Kaduna Tracks, Following Recent Attacks
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) deploys attack helicopters to monitor the Kaduna-Abuja railway tracks, following recent attacks.
The move follows series of attacks on trains and railway tracks by some yet to be unidentified bandits.
Two recent attacks on the Abuja-Kaduna railway occurred on the night of Oct. 20, and the early morning of Oct. 21.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed some of its attack helicopters to monitor the Kaduna-Abuja railway tracks. This was announced at a press briefing on Thursday, November 11 by the acting director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko.
Although Brigadier-General Onyeuko did not say much on the new initiative, he, however, confirmed that the monitoring has started.
Asked to explain more on the military exercise, Onyeuko said:
‘’The important thing is the Nigerian Air Force is present at the rail tracks. Suffice to say, the operation has started. Even if you travel by road, you will see our helicopters along that route.’’ There have been a series of attacks on trains and railway tracks by some yet to be unidentified bandits.
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Two recent attacks on the Abuja-Kaduna railway occurred on the night of Wednesday, October 20, and the early morning of Thursday, October 21. Raising alarm over the incident, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna central in the Eight Senate, Shehu Sani, said the bandits had planted some explosives on the rail track.
According, to Shehu Sani, the explosive planted by the bandits damaged a portion of the rail track preventing the movement of trains along the Kaduna-Abuja railway. Sani called on the federal government and the leadership of the Nigerian Railway Corporation to take action against the bandits.
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