Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said yesterday that it would continue the search for the missing fighter jet that disappeared last week in Borno State.
The fighter jet lost contact with radar shortly after take-off while on an interdiction mission in the North-east.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, immediately flew into Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to coordinate search and rescue operations.
The Nigerian Air Force later confirmed that the missing fighter jet might have crashed in the North-east.
An earlier statement issued by its spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, cited an intelligence report indicating that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) went off the radar with two crew members on board on March 31, 2021, might have crashed.
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