The Nigerian Air Force said on Tuesday that it spent over N400m to fuel
fighter jets deployed in its operations to combat the Boko Haram terror
activities in the North-East between July and September 2017.
According to Punch,the Air Component Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole,
Air Commodore Tajudeeen Yusuf, said this in Maiduguri, Borno State,
during a briefing to discuss the successes and challenges recorded by
the component during the third quarter.He said
, “The air efforts in the third quarter of 2017 as compared to the
previous quarter show an increase in activities based on the upsurge of
day and night Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance as well as
Armed Reece sorties to identify targets for interdiction. We also
conducted several missions in support of ground troops.“Overall,
from July to September 2017, a total of 842 missions were conducted in
1,162 sorties with a total of 1,551 hours and 39 minutes flown by the
various platforms. For all these sorties, a total of 1,596,165 litres of
Jet-A1 was consumed, which translates to a fuel cost of N399,041,250.