By Kingsley Omonobi

Abuja — In its efforts to improve the aerial bombardments of terrorist’s targets in the epicenter of the Boko Haram, the Nigerian Air Force has said it was expanding its platforms in the North-East to ensure speedy response in counter-insurgency operations.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, who stated this during a visit to military formations and traditional institutions in Borno State, said the Nigerian Air Force was exploring the possibility of expanding the Air Force group in the North-East to ensure that total restoration of peace was achieved in the shortest time possible.

He said: “With the planned expansions, more personnel will be deployed and more platforms created to widen our operations towards timely and speedy response in counter-insurgency campaigns.

“We are already widening the roles of our regiments as special combat forces to secure and protect key points after successful operations.”

Air Marshal Abubakar, while commending the military in the ongoing campaign against terrorists, said the citizens had a lot of roles to play.

He said: “The public should complement the gallantry of our armed forces by being security conscious through timely reporting of suspicious objects, movements, or strange persons to the nearest security agencies.

“Security is a collective effort not only that of security agencies as government alone cannot provide security absolutely to its citizens without the support and cooperation of its citizens.”