More boots on the ground not more fixed wing aircraft like Super Tucano. All the forests of the Northwest and some parts of North-central must be combed and dominated by ground forces and surveilled by helicopter gunships. Wild bombings with the use of aircraft amount to wild goose chase. Fixed wing aircraft are not ideal weapons of choice in the fight against banditry and kidnappings,’
Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (retd)
Former Kaduna military governor
