Admin l Tuesday, January 17, 2017
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Muhammadu Buhari says he regrets the accidental bombing of Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camp in Borno by the Nigerian military.
In a statement, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said the President received the news with deep sadness and condoled with the families of the dead and wished the wounded divine succor.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has received with deep sadness and regret, the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State, by the Nigerian Air Force, engaged in the final phase of mopping up insurgents in the North-east.
“President Buhari condoles with families of the dead, wishes the wounded divine succour, leading to full recovery, and sympathizes with the Borno State government.
“The President pledges federal help for the state government in attending to “this regrettable operational mistake,” and pleads for calm, even as he prays God to grant repose to the souls of the dead”, he said in the statement.
