Worried by continued killings and bomb attacks by terrorists and gunmen that has continued to make tackling security challenges cumbersome in the country, and following confirmed intelligence that many of the gunmen are recruited from neighbouring countries, the federal government has directed the Nigerian Airforce to immediately take over the Air Border Patrols of the nation’s borders.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar who made the disclosure at the opening of a two-day retreat for Commanders and Directors of NAF Formations in Abuja, noted that government was not satisfied with the performance of the former agency formerly vexed with the responsibility, after assessment hence it directed the NAF to assume the responsibility.
It would be recalled that the task of patrolling the nation’s vast territorial borders were given to the Nigeria Customs Service but with the challenges of the Boko Haram sect whose members have been found to include mercenaries from neighbouring West African countries that sneak through the borders, government is keen to checkmate the influx.
Expatiating on the directive, Air Marshal Umar said, “We are absolutely ready to carry out any task the nation wants us to do. All we require is the directive and the assets to perform our functions. Government has assessed the efficiency of the agency handling it. But it found out that another agency will be more suited. It has found the NAF more suitable for the job and has assigned us the additional responsibility”.
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