Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has said for war against insecurity to be won, everyone must join hands with security operatives and the government.
He advised the people, especially reporters; to beware of the effects of fake news on the country, saying it fuels insecurity.
Abubakar spoke yesterday while fielding questions from reporters after a tour of Air Force Comprehensive School (AFCS), Iyana Offa and other facilities in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Air Force boss, who had visited Governor Seyi Makinde at the state secretariat, said the visit was part of a strategy to look at what was required in terms of identifying and filling structural and organisational gaps in Ibadan.
He said: “First and foremost, we are here as part of our strategy to look at what is required in terms of structure. We used to have a military airlift command here in Ibadan, but at a time we had to relocate the unit and bring back another smaller unit.
“But what we are doing now is trying to identify gaps in our organisational structure and we believe that gaps exist here in Ibadan.
“We are here very excited because we believe the state government is also working to see how the airport will become better than what it is today and we want to take advantage of that. The Air Force can also key into that and we will have a much bigger unit than what we have right now.
Governor Makinde said the state government decided to expand the Ibadan airport so the aircraft can refuel in Ibadan instead of going to Lagos.
He added that the award of the Ife Road-Ajia-Airport road project was also to engender free movement for the expected increase in traffic flow that will come with the expansion of the Ibadan airport.
