Video: Report of helicopter delivering arms to Fulani herdsmen in Badagry fake – Navy, says its training flight

SundiatapostJune 4, 2021Read original

•The helicopter

ABUJA – The Nigerian

has refuted a report of a trending

on the social media claiming that a helicopter

delivering arms to Fulani

a forest

Badagry,

.

The spokesperson of the Nigerian

Commodore Suleman Dahun told PRNigeria that the helicopter

on a training

.

A

clip emerged to the effect that a strange helicopter

spotted by a number of young

, landing

the bush

the Badagry area of

state on Thursday 3rd June 2021.

The

was shared on various social media platforms claiming that

was supplying arms to insurgents

the area.

While Speaking toPRNigeria, Naval Spokesperson, Commodore Suleman Dahun confirmed that there is a military training area in Magbon, Badagry.

“If we

to go for training we take permission from

control tower and fly there, land, and do other maneuvers and come back. How does that amount to carrying arms for terrorists or bandits ?” he added.

While describing the social media reports as fake news, Dahun added that some of the people around during the training area were amused by the aircraft’

maneuvers and appreciated

.

PRNigeria observed that in the video the helicopter landed without dropping off or picking up any persons or things before taking off again.