Army Chief visits NAF Chief in Abuja, solicits air power support to win terrorism, banditry, others
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Farouk Yahaya, Wednesday visited the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Oladayo Amao, to solicit the continuous support of the Nigerian Air Force to win the war against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes ravaging the country. Major General Yahaya while noting that the war against insurgency and armed banditry cannot be won by a single Service, said the war can only be won through a synergistic approach where all Services work in unison. Yahya, while noting the importance of air power as a critical requirement of a fighting force, said having been in the theatre from where he was appointed COAS, he has has witnessed its formidable influence in various theatres of operations. He said he was at the NAF headquarters to reiterate the centrality of air power to the success of the ongoing fight against insurgency, armed banditry and other forms of criminality in the Country. He said, “The earlier we all rec...