{"id":10426,"date":"2017-01-18T09:34:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T08:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10426"},"modified":"2017-01-18T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T08:34:05","slug":"buhari-nigerians-mourn-fighter-jet-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/buhari-nigerians-mourn-fighter-jet-mishap\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari, Nigerians mourn fighter jet mishap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buhari, Nigerians mourn fighter jet misfires<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians have continued to mourn the disaster that occurred yesterday while a Nigerian jet fighter misfired and caused casualty in Kala Balge area of Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Nigeria Army has said a fighter jet misfired and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), recording casualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, it is a little bit disturbing; death has occurred. There are casualties; there were deaths and injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut on the actual number of casualties, we would get back to you later. I am yet to get the number of casualties of civilians killed, but two soldiers were also affected,\u2019\u2019 Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said on Tuesday in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>The shots hit the Medicines Sans Frontiers and some civilians in Kala Balge in Borno state in northeast during an operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, we received a report about the gathering of Boko Haram terrorists around Kala Balge area of Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI coordinated and I directed that the air component of the operation should go and address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the strike was conducted but it turned out that other civilians were somewhere around the area and they were affected.\u2019\u2019<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He said some humanitarian staff of Medicines Sans Frontiers and some staff of International Committee of Red Cross(ICRC) were also affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sending helicopters to evacuate those that were critically wounded, including our wounded soldiers,\u201d Irabor said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to the families of the dead and also commiserated with the Borno State government.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised federal help for the state government in attending to \u201cthis regrettable operational mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: NAN<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buhari, Nigerians mourn fighter jet misfires Nigerians have continued to mourn the disaster that occurred yesterday while a Nigerian jet fighter misfired and caused casualty in Kala Balge area of Borno State. 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