The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has arrived Borno State to be briefed on efforts to recover a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet which went missing on Wednesday evening after it lost contact with the radar.

The spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, discloses this in a statement on Thursday.

He said “the CAS arrived Maiduguri this morning and was briefed on ongoing search and rescue efforts in connection with the missing Alpha Jet aircraft.

“The Chief of Air Staff urged pilots, engineers and technicians to remain undeterred and resolute in their commitment to ensuring that peace returns to the North East.”

The NAF spokesman, however, did not disclose the number of officers  that were onboard in the missing jet.