The Chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has arrived Maiduguri as the search and rescue efforts for the missing Alpha jet intensified.
According to Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations, Amao, on arrival, was briefed on ongoing search and rescue efforts for the missing jet.
In a meeting later on, with Air Force personnel, Amao urged pilots, engineers & technicians to remain undeterred & resolute in their commitment to ensuring that peace returns to the North East.
There is no clue yet as to whether the jet was shot down by Boko Haram or ISWAP or whether it crashed somewhere.
Gabkwet first alerted Nigerians on Wednesday night about the missing plane.
He said the jet, on a routine mission in Borno state as part of the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the North East.
According to the statement, the loss of radar contact occurred at about 5:08 pm on Wednesday, March 31.
