In 9ja: Taraba Senator Claims Helicopters Transport Insurgents Into Wukari

NAF helicopters air droping forces

HBC: In recent months, I have read several reports of helicopters either supplying food, weapons or ferrying terrorist in troubled regions like Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
Elders in Yobe cried out in the media last month that helicopters fly in and out of the bushes delivering supplies of food and weapons to insurgents. Some of the kidnapped school girls that escaped from Sambisa in Borno State claimed they saw helicopters delivering food stuff to the camps of the insurgents and yesterday, Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina State, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha representing Taraba south and Senator Alkali Jajere from Yobe state told the senate that Helicopters air-drops armed insurgents in their respective states.
The million dollar question here is, Where did the insurgents get a helicopter? I believe it more logical to say that the Helis belong to a bigger force than Boko Haram because I doubt if Boko Haram can afford and maintain a Helicopter. Maybe it belongs to the military of one of our neighboring counties and its also very possible that it could be ours too. *hmmm* This is a total nightmare I must say.
Insurgency is becoming worst by the day and its obvious that the Federal Government is poorly managing the problem.

Kindly read the news below.
Source: Daily Trust.

Helicopters were seen air-dropping insurgents in thick forest around the Wukari local government area in southern Taraba State, which has been witnessing violent attacks lately, the Senate heard yesterday.

This is the second time in two months that Senators would be told of such activities by gunmen operating in the north East of Nigeria.
On March 20, Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina State had also informed his colleagues that locals in the areas that were attacked by armed bandits had reportedly sighted helicopters air-dropping armed fighters in forests days before attacks that left over 100 people dead in the zone.
Senator Emmanuel Bwacha representing Taraba south told the red chamber that communities around Wukari have reported suspicious movements of helicopters in the area.
Scores of people have been killed and many others displaced due to violence in Wukari and its environs in the last three months.

“I want to say that our attention has been drawn to a suspicious movements and activities around Dakar in Taraba state and it is believed also that a helicopter is dropping materials and personnel around there and we fear that this may be another Sambisa that is in the making in Taraba state,” Bwacha said.

He requested for the establishment of a military barrack around the flashpoint in Wukari to safeguard lives and property.
Bwacha also recalled that last December, Senator Alkali Jajere from Yobe state had informed them of reports about helicopters suspected to be supplying food and weapons to insurgents in the dreaded Sambisa forest in Borno state.
Ruling on the matter, Senate President David Mark said order 43 does not require any debate and promised to take up the matter with the authorities.