Gov. Dauda Lawal, Zamfara State Governor, on Wednesday, said the recent military airstrike in the North-Western state was not intentional.
Lawal stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he commiserated with the families of the incident.
“It was not intentional. It was in the process of fighting these bandits (that) they were struck,” he said.
“The Chief of Air Staff has set up a committee to commiserate with the state government as well as the people that were affected. They also went there yesterday to do on the spot assessment to see who was involved and what happened to guide against future occurrence.”
He said he was aware of the military operation before the tragedy occurred, saying that he personally invited the Air Force to neutralise some bandits who were attacking the area.
During the programme, he expressed hope that the military has all the capacity to tackle bandits activities within one month.
The governor said the days of notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji, are numbered, saying he would soon be eliminated just as other top bandits have been neutralised.
Recall that on January 11, over 16 residents were killed after a military air strike tore through the Tungar Kara community in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
