By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz
Yola
Parts of an aircraft suspected to be the missing Nigeria Air Force fighter jet which got missing during routine operations in the northern part of Adamawa state bedevilled by insurgency on September 12, 2014 were seen in River Benue by local fishermen.
The aircraft was found at Kwa Ine village of Demsa local government area of the state, about 50 kilometers away from Yola, the state capital.
A local fisherman in the area, Audu Vrati, said the discovered airplane parts may belong to the missing Alpha Jet, “because at the time it crashed, the level of water in the river was high, occasioned by the rainy season and the fishermen were able to see it now because the volume of water has receded.”
The whereabout of the missing jet had become a subject of conjectures following the inability of the Nigeria Air Force to tell Nigerians what actually happened to the jet fighter, which elicited heated debate in the country.
Boko Haram insurgents later claimed shooting the aircraft in a video in which they allegedly slaughtered one of the pilots of the missing plane.
Vrati said already security operatives had cordoned off the place and are preventing people from visiting the scene of the discovery.
