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Bandits shoot down Nigeria fighter jet - Ghanaian Times
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How I Survived Military Jet Shot Down By Bandits – Nigerian Air Force Pilot
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Credible sources told our correspondent that the fighter jet crashed near a community located 15km west of Dansadau town.
A resident said: “The pilot jumped down using parachute and quickly headed to a nearby community. The residents upon realizing what had happened decided to hide him so that he might not be identified and killed by armed bandits.”
“The armed criminals were spotted loitering around the scene of the crash probably looking for any survivor.”
Daily Trust reports that the Kumbayana forest, where the jet crashed straddling Zamfara, Kebbi, and Niger states is heavily infested by armed bandits led by Dogo Gide and one Sani Mochoko.
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, yesterday commended the pilot of the downed Alpha Jet fighter aircraft, Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, for his bravery.
Irabor, who met the pilot in company with the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, before proceeding to a meeting with military veterans in the North-west, commended the pilot for the gallantry and bravery he demonstrated in the fight against banditry.
Earlier, the NAF had announced the crashing of a fighter jet in Zamfara State while returning from an interdiction mission.
A statement by the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the aircraft came under enemy fire, forcing Dairo to eject from the aircraft.
Nigerian Air Force records four crashes in six months: What to know about them
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