Many villagers are thought dead in a community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State after a bomb was allegedly dropped by a Nigerian Air Force fighter during a Maulud festival at Tudun Biri, according to Daily Trust.
According to the article, the tragedy’s facts are still vague, but preliminary indications indicate that approximately 30 individuals died during the incident on Sunday, around 9:00 p.m.
Senator Shehu Sani, a former legislator, posted about the event on his X account on Monday morning.
According to Sani,
“The translation of the post reveals that scores of people were killed yesterday by Ariel bombardment during a religious festival in a village near the Kaduna Airport.Clarification is needed CC @NigAirForce @DefenceInfoNG.”
However, residents who spoke said the bomb struck while the villagers gathered to commemorate Maulud.
“They were celebrating Maulud (birth of Prophet Muhammad) when the jet dropped the bomb, resulting in the immediate death of more than 30 people,” a resident said.
The Commissioner of the State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who did not provide casualty figures, stated that the government would address the media in a press conference at the Government House.
“We will address the press at Government House on the situation because there would be a security meeting later. So, let’s meet by 10 am,” he said.
NAF has not made any statement as regards the incident at the time of filing this report.