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Sixty four days after two fighter jet pilots who presumably landed in Maiduguri, enclave of Boko Haram insurgents, nothing has been heard about the location of the pilots and jet till date.
Findings by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) revealed that 64 days after the jet and its pilots got missing from Air Force radar their location still remains a mystery.
The jet and the pilots reportedly left for Maiduguri on April 1 but got missing from the radar and this has led to many questions begging for responses from the concerned authorities particularly the Nigerian Air Force.
According to the Director of Public Relations, Nigerian Air Force, Air Comodore Edward Gabkwet the Alpha Jet might have crashed, but the whereabouts of the two pilots remain unknown.
Intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) indicates that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with 2 crew members on board on 31 March 2021 might have crashed.
“The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remain unknown. The pilots are Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele.
“Extensive search and rescue efforts are still ongoing by NAF surveillance aircraft as well as NAF Special Forces and Nigerian Army troops on ground.
“At this point, the NAF is not ruling out anything regarding the incident. It however remains hopeful that the crew would soon be found and rescued,” Gabkwet said in a statement on April 2.
Meanwhile, family members of the pilots are asking questions on why is it so difficult for the military to find both the pilots and the jet since over two months ago that the incident happened.
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