Nigeria Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, has said that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has successfully checked Boko Haram freedom of movement.

He made this known, on Friday, in Yola, at the inauguration of some projects at the Yola Air Force Base.

“The NAF has degraded the capacity of the terrorists and curtailed their freedom of movement. We will continue to meet our statutory responsibility of defending the territorial integrity of the nation, whether acting singly or in unison with surface forces and other security agencies,” Abubakar said.

Abubakar noted that the Yola base was strategic in the on-going fight against insurgency, and so a need to provide it with facilities in line with on-going repositioning of NAF.

Abubakar said that repositioning of NAF was part of his administration’s vision for a highly professional and disciplined force through capacity-building initiatives for effective, efficient and timely employment of air power in response to Nigeria’s national security imperatives.

About nine projects – including Flight Line House, Based Defence Co-ordinating Centre and Ammunition Dump were inaugurated at the ceremony conducted by the Chief of Defence Staff, General A.G.Olonisakin.

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