Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:23:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 Nigerian Airforce releases names of pilots on missing jet https://www.insideojodu.com/nigerian-airforce-releases-names-of-pilots-on-missing-jet/ https://www.insideojodu.com/nigerian-airforce-releases-names-of-pilots-on-missing-jet/#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:23:58 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=21181 The Nigerian Air Force says its Alpha Jet aircraft that went missing during an…

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The Nigerian Air Force says its Alpha Jet aircraft that went missing during an operation in Northern Nigeria on Wednesday, March 31, might have crashed.

A statement released by Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information at the Nigerian Air Force, states that the intelligence report gathered so far indicates the aircraft might have crashed. He gave the names of the pilots as Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele

Read the statement “Intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) indicates that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar with 2 crew members on board on 31 March 2021 might have crashed. The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remains unknown. The pilots are Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele. Extensive search and rescue efforts are still ongoing by NAF surveillance aircraft as well as NAF Special Forces and Nigerian Army troops on the ground. At this point, the NAF is not ruling out anything regarding the incident. It however remains hopeful that the crew would soon be found and rescued”

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