…As NAF deploy 32 Special Forces to Southern Kaduna***
The Police Command in Yobe has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Isa Mai-Buba, the District Head of Jajere in Fune Local Government Area of the state.
The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, stated this in a statement released in Damaturu on Sunday.
He said Mai-Buba was abducted at his residence in Jajere on Saturday, Aug 15.
“At about 22:05 hours on Saturday, gunmen attacked the house of the district head with heavy firearms and disappeared with him into the thin air.
“Search parties were later on deployed, but up until now, no positive response of his whereabouts,” Abdulkarim said.
The spokesman said efforts to rescue the district head were ongoing, assuring that perpetrators of the dastardly act would be arrested and prosecuted.
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In the meantime, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday deployed an additional 32 special forces to support Operation Safe Haven being executed by the military to restore normalcy to southern Kaduna.
The Air Officer Commanding (AOC ) Air Training Command Kaduna, AVM Musa Mukhtar said in Kaduna that the deployment was in response to the directive of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, for NAF to support the ongoing operation.
The troops deployed two officers, 28 soldiers and two medical staff.
“We are part of the support element going to Southern Kaduna to support the operation safe haven from the Nigerian airforce special forces.
“I call on the troops to be discipline, remain focused and respect human rights as they go about their operations.
“We have Operation Thunder Strike which is domiciled in Kaduna to take care of the North West axis, this means the airpower will be originated from there.
“We also intend to carry out our civil-military relations hopefully by next week and send a medical team from our hospitals.”
Mukhtar noted that the operation would be as long as necessary, adding that there were already a contingent of the Defence Special Forces deployed to southern Kaduna, to restore peace in the area.
“We also have air component Commander to coordinate the airpower aspect,” he added.
The AOC called on the residents of southern Kaduna to avail the troops with all the necessary and genuine information that will assist in the successful execution of the operation.
“We will process the information and find out its true nature and then act,” he assured.
Mukhtar also called on the residents to give the military all the necessary cooperation, saying “we are there to assist the civil populace and not to harm them.”
