Boko Haram Claim Responsibility for Missing NAF Alpha Jet

Terrorist group, Boko Haram have claimed responsibility for missing Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet.

The jet reportedly went missing earlier this week and although NAF suggested it had crashed, Boko Haram have said they shot it down according to a militant video they released on Friday April 2^nd.

The Alpha light attack jet was on a mission to support troops fighting militants in North-Eastern Borno state when it lost radar contact on Wednesday, NAF said.

Nigerian military troops have been battling jihadists in the northeast of the country for more than a decade now and have recently been fighting them in their stronghold, Sambisa forest in Borno state.

The video, which could not be verified by AFP, was released on a Boko Haram social media channel showing a militant standing on what the group alleges is the wreckage of the jet.

It shows the Nigerian flag and number NAF 475 on its fuselage.

“Nigeria air force jet fighter… that was sent to Sambisa to fight the Mujahideen,” the militant group said.

NAF also said on Friday that the whereabouts of the two crew members onboard were unknown but that search and rescue efforts were ongoing.

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