NAF helicopter makes emergency landing on Benue farmland after anti-kidnap operation

A Nigerian Air Force, NAF, helicopter has made a “precautionary landing” on a farmland in Benue State after completing a close air support mission for ground troops operating against suspected kidnappers.
The incident occurred in the Utur Tse-Igboji community of Makurdi, where eyewitnesses reported seeing the military aircraft land on farmland.
According to the NAF, the helicopter had been involved in an operation targeting criminal elements in Ogbadigbo Local Government Area, close to the Enugu-Benue boundary.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Ehimen Ejodame, said the operation successfully disrupted the activities of the suspecte...