The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has narrated how the crew of the Air Force (NAF)MI-24V Helicopter that crashed on Thursday night, November 24 on the outskirts of Yola, helped to save the Adamawa State capital from impending fall into the hands of advancing Boko Haram Terrorists.
Amosu made this startling revelation Friday at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, during the burial of the two members of the crew, Group Captain Ubong Nnamso Akpan and Master Warrant Officer Zabesan Hosea who died in the line of duty.
According to the Air Force chief, the security of Yola could have been breached by the rampaging terrorists, who have as at then captured Mubi and other towns in Adamawa state if not for the gallant efforts of officers and personnel of the military services like the duo of Akpan and Hosea.
He revealed that the officers had to take off to conduct a night raid that stopped and eventually turned the tide against the terrorists who were making rapid territorial gains in the North East.
"The night (they took off for the operation) it was certain as Yola was going to fall but these gentlemen took off on armed patrol to save the situation...and afterwards they were no more", he said
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