{"id":9879,"date":"2025-12-14T20:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9879"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:22:35","slug":"naf-c-130-aircraft-11-soldiers-yet-to-be-released-foreign-affairs-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/12\/14\/naf-c-130-aircraft-11-soldiers-yet-to-be-released-foreign-affairs-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"NAF C-130 aircraft, 11 soldiers yet to be released \u2013 Foreign Affairs Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-main-body-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<article id=\"mvp-article-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-article-cont\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-main-box\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-main-out left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-main-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-content\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that discussions were still ongoing over the detention of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft and 11 soldiers, stressing that they have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson of the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa, who made this known on Sunday in a statement, stated that the Federal Government was actively engaging the authorities of the country involved to resolve the matter diplomatically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are engaging them, but they are yet to be released,\u201d Ebienfa said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-_bound=\"1\" data-_defined=\"1\" data-google-query-id=\"CIuH_Yu7wJEDFSOCgwcd3tY1gQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_MPU_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken over the discussions to ensure the safe release of both the aircraft and the Nigerian military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>He added that further details on the circumstances surrounding the detention were not disclosed, as diplomatic efforts continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div id=\"mvp-prev-next-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-next-post-wrap right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-cont left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-next-cont-out left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-next-cont-in\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-text left relative\">\n<p>The Federal Government said yesterday discussions were still ongoing over the detention of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft and 11 soldiers, noting they were yet to be released by the Burkinabe government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"amp-video-docked-placeholder-background i-amphtml-fill-content\">\n<div class=\"amp-video-docked-placeholder-icon amp-small amp-rtl\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amp-wp-3b0803b\" data-amp-original-style=\"left: 10px; position: fixed; bottom: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recall that the aircraft, crew and soldiers onboard the plane were\u00a0 seized on Monday, shortly after the crew made what it described as precautionary landing in Bobo Diulasso, Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Air Force, NAF, had said the aircraft on its way to Portugal for maintenance made the precautionary landing due to technical faults.<\/p>\n<p>But the government of Burkina Faso and its counterpart in the Confederation of Sahel States, AES, accused the crew of entering into its airspace without clearance, adding that explained the reason the Hercules plane was forced to land<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mvp-cont-read-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-related-posts\" class=\"left relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"mvp-foot-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-foot-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-main-box\">\n<div id=\"mvp-foot-menu-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-foot-menu\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"menu-menu3-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that discussions were still ongoing over the detention of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft and 11 soldiers, stressing that they have not yet been released. 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