A Nigerian Air Force Alpha jet on an operation against the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has been declared missing by the military.
According to the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, in an electronic mail on Sunday, the jet marked NAF 466, disappeared from the radar on Friday.
Olukolade explained that the plane with only two crew members on board “left Yola at about 10:45am on September12, 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12 noon same day.
His statement read in part, “Since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result.”
He however stated that search and rescue efforts were ongoing to establish contact with the crew
It was, however, gathered that the defence authorities had reached out to neighbouring countries like Cameroun, Niger and Chad, for any information that could lead to the whereabouts of the jet has also enlisted the services of local hunters to hunt for the missing jet.
