The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has implored commanders not to allow themselves to be dragged into partisan politics, but rather stay focused on the discharge of the constitutionally assigned tasks of the Nigerian Air Force.
The CAS gave the warning a two-day Conference with senior Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers and commanders of various field units.
He assured them that the NAF would continue to operate in line with its constitutional mandate while working towards ensuring that the sovereignty of Nigeria is not undermined by any group of individuals.
The CAS also disclosed the readiness of the NAF to avail the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) its transport aircraft to enable the expeditious distribution of electoral materials, should INEC so requires.
He advised the senior officers to make good use of the knowledge acquired from the presentation by the resource persons, to the benefit of the Service.
The Conference, which held at Headquarters NAF, was organized to review the progress made by the NAF since the last similar Conference in December 2017.
In addition, the Conference would afford the NAF leadership the opportunity to critically assess the performance of the Service in the past few months and subsequently strategize to evolve innovative ideas to build on existing achievements.