A Nigerian military plane accidentally dropped
a bomb inside a settlement in Borno State,
killing several persons, military authorities said
on Tuesday.
The spokesman for the military Brigadier
General Rabe Abubakar, confirmed the
incident. He explained that that it was an error
deeply regretted by the military.
The military spokesman said the incident did
not occur in an Internally Displaced Persons’
camp, as being reported in some quarters but a
settlement said to be occupied by civilians.
Brigadier General Abubakar explained that
soldiers got information of movement of Boko
Haram members and deployed ground troops
and air cover to tackle the terrorists.
According to him, it was the air support that
mistakenly dropped the bomb.
Hospitals in Maiduguri have been told to be
prepared to receive and promptly treat the
injured.
On Monday, the Air Force released a video of a
strike on a location it described as Boko
Haram’s new hideout about one nautical mile
south of Tumbum Rego in northern Borno.
Fighter jets and helicopter gunship of the Air
Force assaulted the location in a coordinated
day and night operation following Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) report
that Boko Haram insurgents who attacked own
Surface Forces at Kangarwa the night of
January 12, 2017 had withdrawn to the said
location.
The footage of the Battle Damage Assessment
released by the NAF indicated that the
operation was successful as the insurgent’s
hideout was successfully destroyed.
Once again, the military regrets the mistake at
the settlement and assured that they would do
all in their capacity to keep smoking out Boko
Haram anywhere they are hiding.
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