NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola Sunday Aborisade, Chukwudi Akasike, Adelani Adepegba, Leke Baiyewu, Olaleye Aluko, Tunde Ajaja, Afeez Hanafi, Alexand
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Also, interstate bus drivers in Abuja, Lagos and Rivers cried out on Friday over a spate of kidnappings and armed robberies on Nigerian roads in recent weeks. The NAF said the allegations were mischievous, insisting the air strikes were conducted only after “human intelligence reports”. “These were all further confirmed after days of detailed day and night Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions to ensure a proper targeting for avoidance of collateral damage.
“Furthermore, NAF pilots, in line with extant Rules of Engagement, do not attack any location if it is observed that non-combatants, especially women and children are present. In such cases, the pilots would rather return to the base with their munitions unexpended. Consequently, it is inconceivable that the NAF would attack locations where innocent civilians reside.”reported on Friday that the State Department updated its travel advisories for Nigeria and 35 other countries.
The post read, “Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping and piracy. Some areas have increased risk.“Violent crimes such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, kidnapping and rape are common throughout the country. Exercise extreme caution throughout the country due to the threat of indiscriminate violence.
According to him, the missing driver was engaged by some men to take them in his Toyota Sienna to an unknown location. A passenger on a Kaduna-bound bus, Abdullah Yusuf, pointed out that the presence of policemen and soldiers on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway had not assured commuters of their safety, adding that criminals were still operating in some sections of the road.Some interstate bus company drivers at motor parks in the Iyana-Ipaja, Jibowu and Mile 2 areas of Lagos State, who spoke to our correspondents, lamented that many of the roads had become a nightmare for them and their passengers.
“One of them, who covered his face stood in the centre of the road. He had an AK47 rifle while his gang members robbed motorists but I was lucky to escape.”In the same vein, drivers and passengers in Rivers State expressed fear over their lives Prices of tickets at railway stations were reported to have gone up because many people now prefer to travel by train.
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