Nigeria, June 18 -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has deployed additional air assets under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in the North-central, where it recorded at least three accidental airstrikes.

According to a Facebook post the agency made on Tuesday, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Hasan Abubakar, made this known during an operational assessment visit to the Tactical Air Command in Makurdi.

This followed the brutal killings of more than 100 people in Yelewata, a border town in Guma LGA of Benue State, where armed Fulani militiamen terror ignited a two-day protest.

President Bola Tinubu condemned the attack and directed security chiefs to mobilise to restore normalcy.

"As long as peace is threatened, our resolve remains unsha...