Diplomatic row deepens: Burkina Faso fires back at Abuja, says we forced down Nigeria’s C-130 down on espionage

Contrary to the official Nigerian version, it was not the crew that chose to land at Bobo-Dioulasso, the Burkinabe government has said. The aircraft was reportedly detected by Burkinabe Air Force radars as it entered the national airspace without authorization, flight plan, and without prior communication. In the face of this apparent violation of air…

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FG speaks on whereabouts of detained NAF officers, plane in Burkina Faso

Tuggar Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has confirmed that Nigerian soldiers aboard the C-130 aircraft that made a forced landing in Burkina Faso remain in the West African country. Tuggar made the statement on Thursday during a joint press briefing at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja alongside his Beninese counterpart, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari….

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