A Retired Airforce Engr Explains the Spent Fuel Tank that dropped in Offa.

To strike these targets with precision without alerting the insurgents, long-range munitions (likely cruise missiles or long-endurance tactical drones) were launched from naval platforms stationed in the Gulf of Guinea, near the coast of Ghana. The flight path was a straight line from the ocean to the Sahel.That line runs directly over Kwara State.

What the people of Offa witnessed is known as ‘staging'. Long-range missiles shed weight as they fly. They drop their fuel tanks or booster rockets once the fuel is spent, allowing the warhead to continue to the target. Offa just happened to be the geographic drop-zone for that stage of the flight.

- A retired Air Force Engineer spoke to Midland Post.