Nigeria threw some jets into the Benin Republic airspace after a military coup knocked out President Patrice Talon over the weekend. Security people told analyst Zagazola Makama the planes left Lagos and started circling around to keep tabs on what was going down across the border. Lt. Pascal Tigri led the takeover and dissolved everything from state institutions to political parties while shutting down all entry points by land, sea, and air.
The whole thing freaked out Nigerian officials because the two countries share a super-long and messy border that creates security headaches for Abuja. Military sources confirmed the jets are just watching and gathering intel rather than gearing up for strikes, and surveillance operations will keep running until things calm down or make more sense.
The whole thing freaked out Nigerian officials because the two countries share a super-long and messy border that creates security headaches for Abuja. Military sources confirmed the jets are just watching and gathering intel rather than gearing up for strikes, and surveillance operations will keep running until things calm down or make more sense.
