Nigerian soldiers still in Burkina Faso after forced aircraft landing - Tuggar Confirms

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 11/12/2025
Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says the Nigerian soldiers who were on an aircraft that made a forced landing in Burkina Faso are still in the West African country. Tuggar spoke on Thursday at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja when TheCable asked him about the status of the soldiers in a joint press briefing with Olushegun Bakari, his Beninese counterpart. On Monday, the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) accused an aircraft carrying 11 Nigerian soldiers of violating Burkinabe airspace. AES is a breakaway West African regional union made up of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger (…)
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