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Nigerian Troops Sent to Gambia Return Home

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: February 3, 2017
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Nigerian Troops who were sent to Gambia during the Election crisis in the country has returned Home.

About two hundred of the Nigerian Air Force personnel sent for peace keeping in Banjul, The Gambia, are back home, after what they called a successful campaign in the country.

The officers and men who arrived at about 6:30 on Thursday evening, were the first batch of troops to be brought back home in an Air Force plane.

The troops were part of the ECOWAS military force sent to restore democracy in The Gambia.

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Former President Yayah Jameh had refused to step down after losing an election to current President Adama Barrow.

The officers and airmen were received by Air Vice Marshal, James Gbum at the Air Force wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

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