Boko Haram claims duty for downing a Nigerian Air Force jet

Two days after the Nigerian Air Force jet had gone lacking, Islamic terrorist outfit Boko Haram launched a video on Friday by which it claimed duty for downing a jet with two pilots on board.
A jet deployed towards Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State of Northeast Nigeria misplaced contact with radar late final Wednesday. Air Force spokesman Edward Gabkwet disclosed the identities of the pilots however stated their whereabouts are unknown.
On Friday, the phobia outfit launched a video of the destroyed jet and a corpse of one of many two pilots. The video was considered by News Agency Reuters. However, it was unable to confirm the authenticity of the video.
As per Reuters, the video confirmed the wreckage of a airplane mendacity on the bottom, with the charred fuselage bearing the phrase “NAF 475”. A Boko Haram terrorist together with his coated with a masks stands atop the wreckage and recognized the airplane because the “jet fighter of the Nigerian Air Force 475”, Reuters stated. Later within the video, a deformed corpse is proven in navy fatigues.
“As you can see, this is the pilot of your aircraft, whom you sent to harm the servant of God. This is what God did to him. He fell from the sky, and if you do not repent this will be your reward,” the Boko Haram fighter says.
The footage additionally confirmed Boko Haram fighters transferring alongside a dusty highway, in gun vehicles and on motorbikes. The video confirmed the jet exploding earlier than it crashed.
While Boko Haram claimed the duty of taking pictures down the plane, consultants doubt the authenticity of the declare and allege that the airplane might need crashed because of some malfunction and never by the Boko Haram assault.
In a press release issued earlier on Friday, the Nigerian Air Force conjectured that the Alpha Jet plane (NAF475) that went off the radar with 2 crew members on board on 31 March 2021 might need crashed.
“Search and rescue efforts are still ongoing by NAF surveillance aircraft as well as NAF Special Forces and Nigerian Army troops on the ground,” its assertion stated. “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.”
Nevertheless, the crash of the Nigerian Air Force Jet might deal a heavy blow to the nation’s efforts to struggle jihadist forces energetic within the northeast, on condition that airpower has to date confirmed to be a decisive think about curbing the unfold of Boko Haram and its extra highly effective offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province.
In 2014, an analogous declare of taking pictures down an air drive jet was made by Boko Haram. A video was launched by which Boko Haram fighter claimed that an plane had been downed by the phobia outfit and its pilot beheaded.
Since the extremist insurgency broke out in 2009, the battle has claimed 36,000 lives within the area and displaced upwards of two million individuals from their houses.