BREAKING: Air Force Jet drops Out of Radar in Borno.

In the ongoing fights against terrorism, insurgencies, as well as banditary and other criminalities in the Northern part of Nigeria, tensions grow as an Air force jet said to be on a support mission to the ground troops, dropped out of radar contact.

De Erudite Media Team learnt in corroboration to the report gathered by DailyTrust, that the mission was part of ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the north east.

Meanwhile, the details on the cause of the incident was yet to be obtained as at the time the Air Commodore Edward Gankwet, the Air Force Director of Public Relations and Information was contacted.

“The loss of radar contact occurred at about 5:08 pm on 31 March 2021,” according to Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the air force’s director of public relations and information.

“Details of the whereabout of the aircraft or likely cause of contact loss are still sketchy but will be relayed to the general public as soon as they become clear,” he said.

However, search and rescue efforts are ongoing.