The Nigeria military said one of its helicopters made an emergency landing in the restive north-east on Monday, while witnesses and a security source reported that the chopper crashed with several foreigners on board. Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said the helicopter left on a training mission at about 9:30 am (0830 GMT) from the airport in Yola, capital of Adamawa state, which is under a state of emergency because of Boko Haram's violent uprising.
The pilot executed "a controlled forced landing four minutes after take-off", Olukolade said in a statement. "There is no casualty recorded." But the military's account differed from that of witnesses in the town of Damare, just outside Yola. Hassan Alimu, who is living at a camp in the area for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, said the chopper crashed and "was badly damaged, especially the wings".
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