An airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force targeting ‘bandits’ has killed six children and wounded others by mistake in Niger State.

The incident took place in the Kurebe area of Shiroro Local Government Area on April 13, Salis Sabo, spokesperson for the Coalition of Shiroro Association (COSA), said in a statement on Wednesday.

Sabo said the children were hit by the airstrike when they were returning home from where they had gone to fetch water, adding that two of the victims were orphans whose parents were killed during a bandit attack on the village.

“A man who lost two of his daughters and granddaughters in the incident said there was no single bandit within the village at the time the aircraft bombarded the innocent children,” Sabo said.

He added that the terrorist camps are well known. He said the terrorists around the community are of two groups, with two different camps.

“One links up with the community through Unguwan Zomo, the other through Kwantan Yashi area. Therefore, they do not understand why fighter jet would be targeting the community where civilians live,” he added.

“The two other children who lost their lives in the incidents have for long lost their parents. One of them is a daughter of late Malam Isah Kurebe and the other is a daughter of late Malam Adamu Kurebe, who was killed by the terrorists two years ago. The innocent child he left behind has now been taken away by a similar fate. This is the second time this type of incident is happening.”

In Nigeria, villagers have in the past reported some civilian casualties in near-daily bombardments in Northern Nigeria.

In 2021, a military jet that came to repel an attack by Boko Haram dropped a bomb that landed in a compound where civilians were having child christening.

A fighter jet also on a mission against Boko Haram extremists in April 2021 mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army, killing over 20 officers.

The soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state which was under attack by militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād.

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 and freed last year also said three of their classmates were killed by Air Force bombardments.

In June 2021, an offensive aerial bombardment of the NAF Alpha jet carried out around Genu town in Niger State resulted in the killing of some wedding guests.

https://saharareporters.com/2022/04/21/six-children-killed-nigerian-air-force-fighter-jet-targeting-bandits-%E2%80%98mistakenly%E2%80%99-bombs

They never kill bandits never not even by mistake

RuggedBiafran:
Hi, Piglets from the Region that celebrates death of IGBOs, the fact that "oduduwa" is a fallen demon that piglets appreciate as their ancestor shows why they are disgusting cretins!!!....Spits!

What's your point exactly?

Ok

This city shall not be my cauldron neither shall I be the flesh in the midst of the cauldron.

I dont engage certified uncircumcised pigs, that litter this forum with IGBO hate and paranoia.

Aufbauh:


What's your point exactly?

Nawaooooo hmmmmm it can only get better may their souls and the soul's of all the faithful departed rest in peace amen

The military setup lacks intelligence, thats why they kill innocents when ever they go for their targets.

This Country na Scam

Reports like this makes me see that Nigeria is so filled with errors

Accidentally really,Are they blind.

Maybe Nigeria employ blind military
No medical check-up

NAF??

Na deliberate jor.

Last year alone, their accidental operation should be more than 5 including killing Nigeria army officers that they claimed they mistaken for Boko Haram

Till today no single Bandit camp has received airstrike but kids fetching water are hit

RuggedBiafran:
I dont engage certified uncircumcised pigs, that litter this forum with IGBO hate and paranoia.

Why are you so desperate to give people the name your likes have been known for?
It seems the nomenclature (Ipiglets) is too painful to bear alone. Ndo!

Hehe... They never ever bomb bandits. The Tucano jets are rusting away somewhere and Garbage Shehu is giving flimsy excuses why they're not bombing his terr0rist brothers.

Meanwhile the number of innocent civilians they've killed accidentally has surpassed the number of terrorists they have killed with airstrikes.

That's what happens when so-called repentant terrorists are "rehabilitated" and enlisted into the armed forces. Without mincing words, the security agencies in this country are gravely compromised.

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helinues:
NAF??

Na deliberate jor.

Last year alone, their accidental operation should be more than 5 including killing Nigeria army officers that they claimed they mistaken for Boko Haram

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