By: Wilson Bako (Lafia),
One year after the air strike in Akpanaja Community in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State Nigeria that claimed 37 lives, the Air Force has finally taken responsibility.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar, who led other senior officials of the Air Force, during a courtesy visit on Friday, to Governor Abdullahi Sule in Lafia, the state capital, admitted responsibility for the misfortune.
Air Vice Marshall Abubakar explained that last year’s airstrikes were carried out in the state following an intelligence report of sighting what he called Suspected Terrorists on motorbikes in Rukubi, in Doma Local Government Area of the state.
He said the area was known for its heightened insecurity, occasioned by killings, kidnapping, and terrorism perpetrated by terrorists in the state, while stating that, “This called for an airstrike”.
He, however, expressed regret that such an airstrike was later discovered to have wrongfully targeted innocent and law-abiding citizens.
Responding, Governor Abdullahi Sule, thanked Air Vice Marshall Abubakar, for the visit and assured him that he (Sule) would be magnanimous in victory.
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