Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Nigerian Army MISTAKENLY bombed Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Nura MC Khan, who claimed to be a resident of the community also confirmed the incident on his Instagram page.
He wrote: “IN OUR VILLAGE (TUDUN BIRl) LOCATED IN IGABI LGA BEHIND KADUNAAIRPORl. THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE ARE ATTENDING THE MAULUD OF THE PROPHET SAW. THEN A PLANE CAME DOWN THE BOMBERS WHERE MANY PEOPLE DIED UNTIL NOW THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED ls UNKNOWN. GOD BLESS THEM AND FORGIVE THEM AND MAKE OUR FUTURE PARADISE.”
Sources from Kaduna had in an earlier report alleged that a jet operated by NAF had dropped a bomb around 9pm on Sunday, when villagers gathered for Maulud celebration, leaving several casualties.
Reacting to this claim, the Air Force through its spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, noted that NAF has not carried out any air operation in Kaduna within the last 24 hours.
Commodore Gabkwet further asserted that NAF is not the only Service operating combat armed drones within the region. 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.
