In a determined effort to eliminate terrorism by routing insurgents from their hideouts in parts of the North East and North West once and for all, the Federal Government has placed orders for 40 helicopters for attacks and transportation.
The choppers are to be imported from the United States and Russia, PRNigeria is reporting.
Reliable security sources confided in PRNigeria that some of the aircraft will arrive in the country as early as next month, while the remaining will be received before the end of the year to boost the Nigerian Air Force.
Some military and other security forces are currently frustrated about their inability to storm the notorious Sambisa Forest in Borno State where Boko Haram militants are keeping the abducted Chibok secondary school girls and also serving as operational headquarters of the group.
The reason, according to PRNigeria findings, is that security operatives are not only aware of the locations of the girls, but are also closely monitoring the way the girls are being moved around.
They are however said to be afraid of the backlash should any harm befall the girls in the course of a forced rescue.
The troops are said to recall past incidences during attempts to foreign nationals, which failed and the backlash.
One of the choppers in the fleet of the Nigeria Air Force crashed earlier this week in Borno State.
President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have ordered its immediate replacement.
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