Following the increasing rate of killings in Zamfara State, the Nigerian Air Forces (NAF) on Tuesday deployed Special Forces to ensure peace in the area.
According to NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, "Following the recent attack on Bawan Daji community in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State where some lives were lost, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has directed that NAF Special Forces be deployed to Gusau as part of efforts to stop the incessant banditry in the area.
"Accordingly, the NAF Special Forces agents who were trained in asymmetric warfare, were airlifted from Kaduna with the NAF C-130 Hercules aircraft to complement the efforts of other security forces on ground to prevent further attack on innocent citizens."
Adesanya explained that "the personnel and other supporting staff would operate from the recently established 207 Quick Response Group in Gusau, where they would reinforce the existing regiment personnel in the unit in support of the ongoing operation Sharan Daji in the state.
In his address to the troops at Gusau shortly before their deployment yesterday, the Air Officer Commanding Special Operations Command, Air Vice Marshal Ismaila Kaita, announced that the Special Forces would be further deployed to remote areas of Zamfara State, where they would be engaged in internal security operations.
He therefore urged them to effectively utilise their experiences and training to protect the lives and property of the people of the state.
Abubakar added that the NAF leadership expects the Special Forces to exhibit the highest standards of professionalism and respect for human rights in discharging their duties.
He further added that "the NAF has taken additional measures to enhance its contributions to tackling internal security challenges in the country in fulfillment of its constitutional responsibility.
"In addition to earlier established Quick Response Groups and Wings as well as the deployment of NAF Special Force to various states, the NAF recently established Quick Response Wings at Agatu, Doma and Nguroje in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States respectively, to bring security closer to those in the relatively remote areas.
"Arrangements are also ongoing to establish a new Quick Response Group in Jalingo in Taraba State to superintend over the activities of the three new Quick Response Wings," he disclosed.
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