The Nigerian Air Force says it has been able to identify possible locations of the abducted Chibok girls.
The Director of Public Relations at the Nigerian Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, told Channels Television that the Air Force is abstaining from attacking the area to make sure that the girls are not hit.
He added that the latest aerial bombardment of Sambisa forest had been aimed at the logistics of the Boko Haram sect and not areas where the girls could be located.
This is however not the first time the military has announced that it has an idea of the location of the Chibok girls who were abducted on an eerie night in April 2014, sparking outrage and demonstrations across the world.
In October 2014, the then Chief of Defence Staff, Marshal Alex Badeh, recanted the military’s earlier position that the girls had been sighted. He said the military had been misled by one of its own.
“If your people are misleading you, what do you do? There are too many fifth columnists in the army”, Badeh had said.
“There was a report which said oh, we have seen some of the Chibok girls, only eight are missing, it was a very senior officer that gave that information from Chibok area,” he added.
“We are dealing with that situation. That was when people started saying watch what Maj.-Gen. Olukolade, the Director, of Defence Information says. He was misled by one of us,” Mr. Badeh noted grimly.
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