Ive always known Nigerians can be among the most gullible. What came as a surprise however is that the world renowned Wall Street Journal is capable of gutter journalism with the likes of Sahara Reporters and Gazette. The Wall Street Journal issued a report claiming 
..that the Nigerian Air Force paid $20 million to armed bandits in exchange for a 12.7mm calibre Dushka class anti aircraft gun for fear it will shoot down the Presidents plane.. The WSJ said the desperate deal was brokered as the President was planning a trip to Katsina.
Stating that the mission to buy back the 12.7mm antiaircraft gun is because such military hardware in the hands of bandits “posed a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari's plane, who had been planning to fly to his hometown about 80 miles away.
Incredible !!
Incredible !!
This is a 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun they are alluding to. The maximum firing range for air targets is 1,600 metres. That's roughly 5,000 feet.
The Falcon 7 Presidential jet has a maximum altitude of 42,000 feet. The Boeing 737NG BBJ flies at an even high altitude of almost 50,000 feet. Far beyond the range of shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, much less a 12.7mm anti-aircraft guns.
It is beyond laughable the assertion that a 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun pose a threat to what is commercial aircraft flying above 40,000 feet in the air. And people actually believe this.
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