A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a
training mission on Monday crashed due to a technical fault at a
location South of Bama, Borno State, the Director of Information,
Nigeria Defence Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in a press
statement.
Some observers, however, reasoned that
the craft could have been blown off by the insurgents who have taken
hold of over half of Borno State.
An officer, who spoke anonymously to
journalists, before Olukolade’s press statement said, a surveillance jet
was shot down by the insurgents around Bama.
But in the press statement by Olukolade,
it was revealed that “investigation has commenced to unravel the
circumstances that led to the accident.”
He discounted the insinuation that the
plane crashed as a result of insurgency attack, saying “it is
established that the crash is not as a result of any enemy action.”
Olukolade promised that further details on the crash would be made known after investigation.
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