Today, 24 July 2023, the Theatre Commander Joint Task Force Northeast Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Gold Chibuisi, received in audience the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Tactical Air Command (TAC) Makurdi, Air Vice Marshal FO Edosa at the Command Headquarters in Maimalari Military Cantonment, Maiduguri.
During the visit, the AOC disclosed that he was at the Theatre to familiarize himself with the Command, having been appointed as the AOC TAC Makurdi and to strengthen the existing synergy between the Air and Land Components of OPHK. AVM Edosa used the opportunity to congratulate Maj Gen Chibuisi and Maj Gen PP Malla on their recent appointments as Theatre Commander and General Officer Commanding 7 Division, respectively.
In his remarks, the Theatre Commander commended the efforts of the Air Component in the ongoing Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency Operations.
He, therefore, charged the Air Component to sustain the offensives on the vestiges of terrorist elements in the Northeast to bring absolute peace to the region.
Present during the visit was the General Officer Commanding 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 OPHK, Maj Gen PP Malla; the Theatre Logistics Component Commander, Brig Gen EJ Ikomi; the Air Component Commander, Air Cdre GI Jibia; the Chief of Staff headquarters Theatre Command, Brig Gen A Idris; the Commander 105 Composite Group NAF Base Maiduguri, Air Cdre EP Bindul; and the Principal Staff Officers of OPHK.
