The Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa has insisted that the military didn’t make any mistake while bombing some communities in Sokoto State. He said that the communities and their residents often harbour the terrorists the military intends to neutralize.
Online Parrot News reported that the military used airstrikes to pursue the Lakurawa bandits who terrorise the northwestern region of Nigeria. In the process, innocent civilians were bombed and ten persons lost their lives in the incident.
General Musa was visiting the affected communities when he said that once the community people hide the terrorists, they themselves have become a target.
“We have individuals that still harbour those people and once you do that, you make yourself a target. Our appeal is please do not allow them hang around you, do not give them any support in whatever means.”
“The incident that happened yesterday is an operation we conducted. We followed up and ensure we avoided mistakes as much as possible. If there were other mistakes that came up, we will investigate.
“From what we have seen, there were criminals in that place. Anybody that toyed with them was part of them
He explained that the military “would avoid civilian casualties as long as even they do avoid staying where the criminals are. It makes the job extremely difficult if we say wherever they are with the criminals, we avoid.
“If you are not with them, please leave their area and come out so that it gives us the ability to deal with them decisively.”
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