News Investigators/ The Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, has said the two surveillance aircraft procured by the government would arrive in the state by the end of July.
Mr Oyelade, in a statement issued on Thurday in Ibadan, said that the two DA 42 MNG Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft were procured at the cost of N7.7 billion.
The commissioner stated that the two aircraft, DA 42 MNG Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) were procured at the cost of N7.7billion
He said that the aircraft would cover the borders of Oyo with Kwara and Republic of Benin
He explained that it was the desire of the state government to take delivery of the two aircraft much earlier, “but the assembly of the components by the Chinese manufacturers took longer than originally anticipated”.
Mr Oyelade recalled that two days after the Oriire incident, two months ago, government issued a statement to confirm the arrival of the aircraft at the Nigerian Air Force hangar in Ikeja, Lagos state.
The commissioner added that Gov. Seyi Makinde would have loved the two surveillance aircraft to participate in the rescue operation during the Oriire incident.
“But the final decision to make the aircraft operational was not in the hands of the governor, as the state government had to depend on the professional and technical advice of the Chinese manufacturers”, the commissioner stated.
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