Nigeria loses over 400 ‘innocent’ citizens to accidental bombing

From 2017 till date, the Nigerian subject has been accused of accidentally bombing astir 409 unarmed civilians portion targeting terrorists and bandits successful the bluish portion of the country.

Although the subject denied immoderate of the claims, insisting terrorists were targeted successful the operations, reports bespeak that respective unsuspecting civilians person been killed successful accidental airstrikes.

DAILY POST recalls that connected 17 January, 2017, a Nigerian Air Force pitchy mistakenly bombed an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP campy adjacent the Cameroonian borderline successful Rann, Borno State.

The tragic incidental led to the unfortunate decease of astatine slightest 115 radical including astir six Red Cross workers.

The incidental that was wide reported connected some section and planetary quality platforms besides got implicit 100 IDPs injured.

On December 25, 2024, a akin incidental occurred successful Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa villages successful the Surame Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

According to BBC, the subject airstrikes were targeting the panic group, Lakurawa successful the villages erstwhile it mistakenly killed astatine slightest 10 ‘innocent’ villagers.

The subject initially denied the assertion but the authorities governor, Ahmed Aliyu insisted that 10 villagers were killed, portion respective others were wounded during the operation.

“The subject jets were connected their ngo to eli...