Many villagers have reportedly died after a bomb was allegedly dropped by a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet during a Maulud festival at Tudun Biri, a locality in Kaduna State’s Igabi Local Government Area.
According to reports, no fewer than 30 Kaduna villagers were killed in the incident, which occurred at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Residents told newsmen that the bomb struck while the villagers gathered to commemorate Maulud in the village.
“They were celebrating Maulud (the birth of Prophet Muhammad) when the jet dropped the bomb, resulting in the immediate death of more than 30 people,” a resident said.
When asked for a response, Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner of the State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, stated that the government would address the media at the Government House in a news conference.
“We will address the press at Government House on the situation because there will be a security meeting later. So, let’s meet by 10 a.m.,” he said.
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