The Nigerian Airforce has said it might have a possible location of the missing over 200 Chibok school girls.
This is according to statements of the Director of Public Relations of the Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa while speaking with Channels television. The Group Captain said the force has abstained from attacking the identified areas to avoid hitting the girls. According to him, the on-going aerial bombardment Sambisa forest is basically aimed at the logistics base of the Boko Haram sect and not areas where the Chibok girls could be located.
He said:“We have no fears that the girls are not there because hat 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.”
Group Captain Famuyiwa also confirmed the deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). He said, “we 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.” He said that the UAVs have also 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”.
The news of the possible sighting of the location of the missing Chibok girls is coming few days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo poured cold water on the chances of ever rescuing the girls.
