Nigerian Army airlifts 352 troops as COAS welfare flights hit 34,466 personnel

The Nigerian Army has airlifted 352 subject unit into and retired of the North-East arsenic portion of the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Welfare Flight programme designed to enactment troops serving successful the ongoing counter-insurgency run nether Operation HADIN KAI.

The improvement was reported by information expert Zagazola Makama.

According to the report, the archetypal COAS Welfare Flight for August 2026 was successfully conducted connected August 1 utilizing a chartered ValueJet craft to facilitate the deployment and rotation of unit serving successful the North-East theatre of operations.

Makama reported that the craft conveyed 177 unit into the Operation HADIN KAI theatre, portion different 175 unit were transported retired of the operational area, bringing the full fig of troops moved during the workout to 352.

“The latest question accrued the cumulative fig of unit transported into and retired of the OPHK theatre nether the COAS Welfare Flight inaugural to 34,466,” the study stated.

According to the report, the payment flig...