Nigeria Airforce acquires fighter jet

[emezico]

Would the purchase of Fighter jets increase security in Nigeria, both within and outside its boarder, or would it be another "Elephant project"?

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, during an inauguration of block of one-storey 12 single officers' quarters located in Cross River State, announced to attendants that M17 fighter helicopters would soon be added to the Nigerian Air Force fleet.

He said, it necessary to reappraise the security landscape of the country for strategic national security and defence.

Umar assumpted  the office of Chief of Air Staff in  September 2010.