A media executive, Yinka Oyegbile, has faulted the Nigerian military over its announcement of the expected arrival of its jet fighter.
The military, on Thursday, noted that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft had departed the United States of America en route Nigeria, the Nigerian Air Force has said.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement said the fighter jets departed from the US on Wednesday and are expected in Nigeria anytime soon.
But in a Facebook post on Thursday, Oyegbile wondered why the military was, according to him, alerting insurgents and other outlaws about the coming jets.
He said it was like preparing to fail because the targets could be making plans to render the initiative useless.
It is a position many of the people who commented on the post shared.
Meanwhile, Gabkwet’s statement was titled, ‘First Batch Of A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft Depart The United States Of America For Nigeria’.
It partly read, “The six aircraft will be leapfrogged through 5 countries including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Algeria before arriving their final destination in Nigeria towards the end of July 2021.
“An official induction ceremony of the aircraft into the inventory of the Nigerian Air Force is already being planned at a later date in August 2021 to be announced in due course. The Office of the Director of Public Relations and Information remains open to any inquiry regarding the arrival and induction of the aircraft.”
