Nigeria has deployed fighters to Senegal for military intervention in Gambia

The Nigerian Air Force has dispatched fighter jets, transport aircraft and a helicopter to Dakar, Senegal as part of its contribution to the Economic Community of West African States Military Intervention in Gambia (ECOMIG).

Nigeria Alpha Jet
Photo: NAF

The force was mooted by the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) to force Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh to set down after losing the recent election.