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The jet had crashed on Sunday when returning from a successful air interdiction mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna states.
The jet was said to have come under heavy fire from bandits and it eventually crashed in Zamfara.
Abayomi Dairo, a flight lieutenant and pilot of the jet, had however survived the crash.
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In a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, on Tuesday, the president said he was relieved that Dairo survived.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the gallant pilot of the Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet, Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, who successfully ejected from an aircraft that came under ‘intense ground fire from bandits’ in Zamfara State, Northwest, at the weekend,” the statement read.
Buhari hails pilot who ejected safely from jet attacked by bandits
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