Security analyst reveals reason NAF C-130 was flying over Burkina Faso
Security analyst reveals reason NAF C-130 was flying over Burkina Faso
The only reason Nigerian Air Force C-130 was flying over South West Burkina Faso has been revealed.
According to Brant Philip, a Sahel-region security analyst known for tracking military movements across West Africa, the Nigerian military aircraft was headed towards Senegal, adding that “nothing too suspicious.”
DAILY POST reported on Monday night that at least 11 Nigerian soldiers are currently being held by the Military regime in Bobo-Dioulasso in the South West of Burkina Faso.
They were captured after their aircraft conducted an emergency landing while “violating AES airspace.”.
This was confirmed by AES in a statement shared on X by security analyst, Brant Grant, on Monday night.
“The only plausible reason why the Nigerian Air Force C-130 was flying over southwest Burkina Faso is that it was headed towards Senegal, nothing too suspicious,” Brant wrote on X.
In trying to explain what might have led to the emergency landing, he said “I initially guessed the NAF C-130 cargo plane was heading towards Tamale, Ghana, but it turned off its transponder, either intentionally or related to the emergency situation, and went ghost and continued northwest towards Burkina Faso where it was forced to land in an emergency.”
Reports have it that the AES positions its air and anti-air defenses at “maximum alert”, and authorizes the defense apparatus to neutralize any aircraft violating the confederation’s airspace (Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali).
