Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has described military airstrike in the Zurmi and Maradun Local Government Areas as unintentional.
Speaking on Wednesday during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today, Governor Lawal commiserated with the affected families of the incident.
He noted that he was aware of the operation before the tragedy, explaining that he had personally called for the Air Force’s intervention to neutralise bandits attacking the area.
The Governor said: “We have been battling issues within the last three days as a result of the airstrike.
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“Let me say this, I have full information on what happened that fateful day, because we made the distress call to the Air Force in terms of some bandits attacking communities, and they quickly responded, and they were able to neutralise a lot of bandits.
“But on the second time when we made the same reports, unfortunately at that time, they were some what we call the CPGs and some of those communities that came to rescue those under attacks, and in the process, they were hit by the Air Force, and I believe it was not intentional.
“It was one of those things in this kind of situation, sometimes there may be collateral damage and that was what happened in less than 3 days.”
INFORMATION NIGERIA had reported that the Nigerian Air Force, in a successful airstrike over the weekend, targeted bandits attacking villages in Zurmi and Maradun Local Government Areas.
It was gathered that some yet to be identified civilians were also mistakenly killed during the operation by the security agents.
via: Information Nigeria
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