…..No we are fighting bandits says Army
Scores of people have been feared killed in Kukawa village of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State during airstrikes by the troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Hadarin Daji.
This was as the army denied the killing of any civilian in the state saying “the military was fighting bandits and not the innocent people of the state.”
An indigene of the village, Musa Abubakar who narrowly escaped told The PUNCH on Friday that his community was performing the Eid El Fitr prayer last Wednesday when the Nigerian Air Force bombarded the area.
Abubakar said the bombardment led to the death of no fewer than 40 people.
He said, “We were performing the Eid El Fitr prayer when we saw a plane approaching the area.
“Immediately the plane approached the Eid praying ground, we heard a terrifying sound and everybody took to their heels
“I was one of the lucky ones who escaped unhurt but several people were killed and many others sustained various degrees of injuries,” he added.
(, The PUNCH)
