Military court martials 12 personnel over Tudun Biri bombing incident

The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Edward Buba, says 12 unit of the Nigerian Army are facing a tribunal martial successful respect of the bombing incidental astatine Tudun Biri successful Kaduna State.

Buba made this known portion briefing newsmen connected Thursday successful Abuja connected the operations of the Armed Forces.

Recall that 85 civilians were connected Dec. 3, 2023, mistakenly killed successful subject drone attacks successful Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Buba said the subject would punish unit recovered culpable successful the Dec. 3 incident, adding that an probe was conducted and concluded with a resoluteness to guarantee that the unit progressive were brought to publication and justness served for the victims.

“The subject has conducted a painstaking probe into the incidental and has initiated disciplinary enactment against those culpable.

“Accordingly, the affected unit are to look a tribunal martial for acts of omission oregon committee with respect to the incident.

“I am, however, constrained not to talk overmuch astir the incidental arsenic it would beryllium adjudged arsenic prejudicial being a lawsuit earlier a tribunal martial.

“The subject volition instrumentality other precautions successful the aboriginal to guarantee that non-combatants are safe,” helium said