The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, has disclosed that bandits attacking Zamfara State and others are being funded by politicians.
Air Marshal Abubakar spoke during the commissioning of a Small Arms Shooting Range and personnel quarters at the Air Force Base.
Some of these groups are being funded, supported and encouraged by certain unpatriotic Nigerians for self-centred political interests”.
According to him, air operations in Zamfara and other places were being carefully organized, adding that personnel and assets would soon be deployed to support, “Operation Sharan Daji”.
He further stated that the NAF had deployed about 1,000 special forces and supported other security agencies against threats, while 12 super aircraft are also expected to arrive from the United States.
