No fewer than 17 people were said to have been killed when a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet fired a bomb on Sakotoku village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The sad incident happened on Monday.
Those killed, it was gathered, included women and children who were said to be playing under mango trees.
The Air Force, military sources said, was informed that Boko Haram insurgents were gathering around the village, on Thursday afternoon.
The supposed target, according to a source, was an area in Korongilum, a neighbouring village 12 kilometres away where suspected Boko Haram insurgents had gathered earlier.
“We don’t know if they didn’t communicate well with the land troops as the air force jet fired that bomb on the village.
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“Seventeen people were killed, mostly women and their children playing under mango trees. Many were also injured and have been taken to the 25 army brigade in Damboa, and those with critical injuries were taken to Maiduguri,” the source said.
Some of the villagers, whose houses were destroyed, had found their way to Damboa.
When contacted about the incident in Sakotoku, Air Force spokesman AVM Ibikunle Daramola said: “It’s a matter of operation and the defence headquarters would be in a better position to speak on the matter.”
