Air Force locates areas Chibok girls are being held by Boko Haram

Nigerian Air Force has disclosed that it has
discovered locations where the Chibok girls are
being held captive by the Boko Haram sect.
Director of Public Relations of the Air Force, Group
Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, told Channels
Television that the areas cannot be attacked for
safety of the girls.
He said recent aerial bombardment was aimed at
the logistics base of the Boko Haram sect.
He said: “We have no fears that the girls are not
there because that particular location has been
under surveillance for quite a while and we
suspected maybe it’s a kind of ammunition depot
or maybe a workshop that they are using as their
logistics place.
“Once you take off the logistics base, of course you
gradually weaken the resolve of the enemy to be
able to prosecute any campaign.”
On the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)m
he said, the machines “have the capability to be
airborne for up to eleven hours and they are quite
cheap to maintain.
“So, we have been able to employ the UAV to a
great extent to carry out reconnaissance and
surveillance basically for intelligence gathering on
the activities of the Boko Haram.”
Famuyiwa added that the drones have helped the
Air Force to understand the terrorists’ pattern of
movement and “how to be able to counter them
should they want to strike or spring any surprise”.