Nigerian reinforcements ECOMOG peacekeeping troops arrive on May 28, 1997 at Lungi International Airport in Freetown with a Nigerian airfoce Hercules cargo shuttling troops, ammunition and supplies following the military coup in Sierra Leone. (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
The Nigerian Air Force has denied reports that 23 people were killed in Jika da Kolo Community, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, during an airstrike on bandits at the weekend.
According to reports, the community accused NAF of “mistakenly killing 23 people” during the airstrike.
Abdullahi Ismail, a councillor representing the area, was reported to have confirmed the incident, saying the area was a danger zone because of the activities of terrorists.
The villagers said among the victims were farmers and children who were at the community mosque that day.
They said: “The strike disfigured the bodies of most of those affected.
“We gathered body parts of 23 people who were identified by relatives, including children and they have been buried.
“Of course, Yadin Kidandan is a danger zone because it is under the control of bandits.
“But there are also innocent villagers who still live around there because they have no other place to go just like the casualties that we witnessed on Friday.
“So, we discovered that when the strike occurred, most of the people at the mosque died.
“It was a crowded place because there was a local market close to the mosque which was also affected. The incident happened around 2pm,” a survivor who craved anonymity has said.
The villagers called on the Federal and Kaduna State Governments to investigate the incident.
However, reacting to the allegation in a telephone interview on Monday, NAF’s Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali, said the community is not telling the truth.
According to him, before NAF troops embark on any operation, due diligence is always carried out to ensure the safety of communities.
According to him the NAF operation took place on Friday in the bush, stressing that there was no mosque in the location.
“The community is not telling the truth, there is nothing like that.
There is no how NAF will strike bandits close to town or any community.
“We usually monitor the bandits’ movements, we can take two to four days monitoring them until they enter where we think is safe for everybody, then we strike them. We don’t strike bandits anyhow,” he said.
Speaking further, Ali said, “If you look at the pictures, there is nothing like mosque close to that place.
“The place is inside the bush, so how can a mosque be inside the bush?
“Our operations have changed, before we strike, we have to scan the area. We dispatched surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to scan the area…
“So, we normally strike them inside the bush, not within the community. That is why we normally release the pictures of our operations so that people can see it.”
The NAF spokesperson, had in a statement at the weekend said the air component of Operation WHIRL PUNCH (OPWP) destroyed a terrorist logistics base at Yadi Forest in Giwa LGA.
He said the operation was executed on Friday, 27 September 2024, following credible intelligence reports indicating the huge presence of terrorists and their weapons cache in the Yadi Forest.
According to the statement “Intensive intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance confirmed the consistent presence of terrorists and their motorcycles at the location.”
The statement had noted that the target area initially appeared uninhabited. However, as the aircraft approached, some of the terrorists were seen emerging from under the shrubbery and running away from the area.
“Subsequently, the target was engaged, recording successful hits on the logistics facility, which was engulfed in flames with thick black smoke seen.
“Reports from independent sources, including local informants around the general area, later confirmed that the logistics base was totally destroyed and scores of terrorists were killed as a result of the attack.”
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