NAF DEPLOYS TO SENEGAL TO ENFORCE ECOWAS MANDATE IN THE GAMBIA
The Nigerian Air Force has
deployed to Senegal as part of Nigerian contingent of Economic Community of
West African States Military Intervention in Gambia (ECOMIG) – a standby force
tasked by ECOWAS Heads of State to enforce the December 1, 2016 election
mandate in the The Gambia.
The NAF today moved a
contingent of 200 men and air assets comprising fighter jets, transport
aircraft, Light Utility Helicopter as well as Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance aircraft to Dakar from where it is expected to operate into
Gambia.
The deployment is also to
forestall hostilities or breakdown of law and order that may result from the
current political impasse in The Gambia.
Addressing the contingent
before departure, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar
urged the troops to maintain discipline and be professional in their conduct.
Reminding them to be good
ambassadors of Nigeria, the CAS stated that no act of indiscipline by the
contingent would be tolerated.
The contingent, led by Air
Cdre Tajudeen Yusuf, was airlifted on the morning of Wednesday from 117 Air
Combat Training Group Kainji.
Other troop contributing
countries include Senegal, Ghana and countries within the sub-region.
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