Nigeria’s security challenges have seen all hands come together, and the nation is currently enjoying the gains of collective efforts. Yet, the role being played by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan BalaAbubakar, is vast and indeterminable. Shola Oyeyipo writes.
He’s a model and modest military officer. His voice you could always hear but hands are seemingly invisible. That is the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan BalaAbubakar, who has continued to work miracles in the already yielding fight against insecurity in Nigeria. This, he does, without struggling for attention.
The last 16 years has no doubt tested the might of Nigeria’s armed forces to their very limit. The rise and spread of the Boko Haram sect, after its leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was summarily executed by the police in 2009, has since kept the military on its toes.