‘We brought down surveillance helicopter’ – Terrorist group claim responsibility

PublishedDecember 15, 2022 @ 11:30 AM

Bandits have claimed responsibility for the unfortunate crashed surveillance helicopter in Badna, Chukuba ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria.

According to reports by Daily Post, recalls that a surveillance helicopter crashed in Badna, Mina, on Monday

The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, while meeting with Niger State governor in his office, Abuja, stated that weather conditions, among others, may have contributed to the helicopter crash, adding that investigation had commenced to determine the probable cause of the incident.

But contrary to the Defence Chief’s assertion, terrorists group have in a two-minute-and-seventeen-seconds video, claimed they brought down the jet using an AK-47 rifle.

The narrator in the video, who spoke in Hausa, said they belonged to Dogo Gide group, one of the notorious bandits that have been terrorizing parts of Niger State, causing deaths of many farmers and security operatives.