FG Procures Six More Attack Helicopters to Combat Terrorists
The Federal Government of Nigeria has procured six more attack helicopters to enhance the fight against insecurity, just as four more of the remaining 43 kidnapped Kaduna-bound train passengers abducted in the attack by terrorists on March 28, 2022, have been released, leaving 39 victims still in captivity.
Chief Executive Officer of TUSAS, a Turkish aircraft manufacturer, Mr Temel Kotil, on Monday, announced the sale of six T-129 attack helicopters, to Nigeria.
The announcement followed a deal reached with the company by the federal government.
Kotil, who made the announcement on his Twitter handle, however, hinted at the development on CNN Turk.
President Tayipp Edorgan of Turkey recently visited Nigeria and this development may not be unconnected to the visit.
The federal government had recently procured A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets from the United States, even as it had also made similar procurements from Russia and other European countries as the war against insurgency intensifies..
Meanwhile, families of the abducted train passengers, on Monday, laid siege to the federal Ministry of Transportation, and consequently grounded activities.
The families hinted that they were at the ministry to find out what the government had been doing to rescue the remaining passengers abducted over four months ago.
