Disaster Struck Again as Nigerian Air Force mistakenly targets and kill about 20 Nigerian soldiers as Boko Haram

 

Nigerian Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, April 25, this led to the death of  over 20 officers in Borno.

It was gathered that  the soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the Kaga Local Government Area of the state which was under attack by terrorist  from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād.

The terrorists who came in with more  than 15 gun trucks also burnt down the military base. It was gathered that a reinforcement team of the Nigerian Army sent to the community was mistakenly bombed by an Air Force fighter jet.

Nigerians reacted on Monday, took to their social media handles to condemn the assumed mistake by the Force.