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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says the Nigerian soldiers who were on an aircraft that made a forced landing in Burkina Faso are still in trapped in that country.
Tuggar made this disclosure during a press briefing with his Beninese counterpart, Olushegun Bakari, on Thursday at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja.
Recall that on Monday, the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) accused an aircraft carrying 11 Nigerian soldiers of violating Burkinabe airspace.
The Eastern Updates reports that AES is a breakaway West African regional union made up of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic.
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The Mali junta leader, Assimi Goita, described the landing as an unfriendly act carried out in defiance of international law.
The AES said it authorised its member states to neutralise any aircraft violating its airspace.
The development came at the same time Nigerian troops carried out air strikes in Benin to help foil a coup.
Commenting on the situation, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, said the C-130 aircraft was on a ferry mission to Portugal.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has hailed the Ekiti Agro-allied International Cargo Airport, describing it as a new era of aviation development in Nigeria
Speaking at the inaugural commercial flight operations at the Airport on Wednesday by United Nigeria Airline, Keyamo represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry, Yakubu Adam, described the development as a historic event, saying it’s a new era in the aviation sector in the country.
Keyamo explained that the achievements reflect the beauty of Ekiti, adding that the airport stands as a practical example of the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu in his quest to sustain job creation.
