In an attempt to rescue abducted seven
expatriates working with SETRACO Construction Company in Jama’are local
government area of Bauchi State might be under way. Five British jet
bombers yesterday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja.
Media exclusively sighted the bombers which were parked at the international wing of the airport.
The foreign workers, who included five
Lebanese, a Briton and an Italian, were abducted last Saturday by
unknown gunmen in Bauchi.
Media further gathered that the bombers might be on their way to prepare ground for the eventual rescue of the foreigners.
The jet bombers were said to have
arrived in the early hours of yesterday while their colours comprised
three ash and two army green. The army green jets were marked “Royal
Army”.
Media further observed some foreign
soldiers putting on brown camouflage uniforms were entering one of the
army green jets in preparation for departure.
When contacted over the unusual sighting
of the jets, the British high commissioner in Nigeria, Mr. Rob
Fitzpatrick, told Media, “This is routine military-to-military
engagement.”
Two hostages, Chris McManus (Britain) and Franco Lamolinara (Italy), were found dead in Sokoto on March 9, 2012, during a failed joint rescue mission by the British special forces and the Nigerian military. A group that claimed ties to al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, which happened in May 2011.
Source naijapundit
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