Airforce invent Bomb detector Robot to counter Bokoharam

Experts in bomb detonation would

soon not need to get closer to such

dangerous objects to neutralise

them as the Nigerian Airforce has

invented a robot to undertake

such task from a far distance.

Commandant of the Nigerian Airforce

Institute of Technology (NAFIT),

Kaduna, John Oshoniyi on Monday said

the institute had developed a bomb

detective robot capable of detecting

bombs from afar, and an Unmanned

Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for surveillance

and intelligence gathering in crisis

prone parts of the country.

At a news conference in preparation for

the 42nd graduation ceremony of the

institute, the commandant said the

bomb detonating robot, would assist the

security agencies to check the series of

bombings by terrorist groups.

The Boko Haram terrorists group has

been unleashing waves of violence

attacks in the northern part of Nigeria

since 2009, and bombs have become its

favourite lethal weapon.

On 14 February 2012, a policeman,

Sunday Badang, was killed while

attempting to detonate a bomb wrapped

inside a bag with bare hands along

Ungwar Seriki area of Kaduna

metropolis.

As a result of that unfortunate incident,

NAFIT went into research that led to the

invention of this unmanned robot.

Displaying the robot before newsmen,

Mr Oshoniyi said the equipment would

be presented to the public as soon as it

is ready, adding that the UAV, the first

in Africa, was a product of the

transformation agenda of the Goodluck

Jonathan’s administration in attaining

higher pedestal in military aviation and

defence related technology.