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How hero fighter jet pilot Abayomi Dairo survived bandit shut down

By Guardian Exclusive
20 July 2021   |   7:26 am
Nigeria almost lost another highly-trained military officer after a Nigerian Airforce fighter jet was shot down by so-called bandits between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna. But Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, against all odds, displayed why the motto of the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces is "Willing … Able … Ready."⁣

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