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Claim
Social media users are sharing a purported image that captured the ejection of Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, whose fighter jet was shot down by bandits in Zamfara State on the 18th of July 2021.
Verdict
The narrative the image purports is false as there is no official image that captured Flight Lt. Abayomi Dairo’s ejection. The image was first released online in 2014 by Bremont Martin Baker after Martin Baker; a British Aviation Company that produces fighter ejection seat technology partnered with Bremont, an award winning British Company that produces engineered chrometers.
Full Story
Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo became a national hero when news of his successful ejection from a fighter jet which was shut down by bandits in Zamfara State was announced. The young pilot was rescued by a Nigerian Army Unit in Zamfara State after he evaded bandits using “survival instinct,” found shelter until he was rescued.
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The arrival, last week, of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets, the first batch of 12 ordered by the federal government from the United States, raised hopes that the fighter planes would make a difference in the raging war against insurgency and banditary.
But military experts have argued that the long term panacea to security challenges confronting the nation lies with the nation coming together to address the root cause of the problem.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, said last week that the military would not tolerate any form of violence directed at the country’s unity.