The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has been deployed to
Senegal in case of the need to enforce Gambia's election mandate, it said on
Wednesday. "The NAF today moved a contingent of 200 men and air assets
comprising fighter jets, transport aircraft, light utility helicopter as well
as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to Dakar from where
it is expected to operate into Gambia," it said in a statement. As part of
a regional response, Senegal's forces are at the Gambian border and will enter
the country if veteran Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who lost a Dec. 1
election, does not step down when his official mandate ends at midnight.
Source: Reuters
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