Air Force fighter jet mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, killing over 20 officers, while on their way to attack Boko Haram terrorists.
According to
The Nation, the air strike, according to a soldier, was carried out by the
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet which mistook the gun truck carrying the
troops for terrorists.
A source told
SaharaReporters that a reinforcement team of the Nigerian Army sent to the
community was mistakenly bombed by an Air Force fighter jet.
“The Boko
Haram terrorists disguised in military uniform and gained access to the camp.
They came in different groups and could not be counted. The Nigerian Army were
pinned down, they requested for reinforcement, the reinforcement got on their
way only to get smoked by the Nigerian Airforce.
“The
(reinforcement team) was coming from Ngandu and were killed by an airstrike.
The Air Force mistook them for Boko Haram as both were cladded in similar
military uniform and operational vehicles,” a source said.
Narrating how
the fighter jet killed own forces, a soldier who made a 14-second video said
they were shelled in error.
In the now
viral video, the soldier, who spoke pidgin English, said one of the army’s gun
trucks coming to Mainok for reinforcement has been shelled by the NAF.
He explained
he was calling the gun truck to come and carry him and a colleague standing on
the express but the gun truck was going into the bush, alleging the smoke that
was captured in the video was that of the bombarded gun truck and the soldiers
in it were dead.
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