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The Defence Headquarters clarified on Friday that the deaths of 10 villagers in Sokoto State were caused by a secondary explosion at the Lakurawa terrorist logistics base, not by an airstrike conducted by the Nigerian Air Force.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Edward Buba explained that the airstrike was a precision-guided operation targeting the terrorist hideout in the area.

He maintained that the fatalities resulted from the secondary explosion triggered by the destruction of the terrorists’ logistics base.

“The airstrike indeed hit the logistics base of the terrorists, which led to secondary explosions. It was these explosions that caused the casualties reported earlier,” Buba stated.

He further explained that the terrorists’ logistics base housed dangerous materials, including hand cartridges and explosives, which detonated when struck by the Air Force’s precision munitions.

“When I talk of the logistics base, I’m referring to hand cartridges and poles that were kept there. Naturally, when the munition hits, there will be a secondary explosion arising from that, which will generate… you know, other things flying in the air. That led to the death of about 10 persons that were reported. The 10 persons were not hit directly by the airstrikes,” Buba said.

Buba added that intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and human intelligence were carried out over an extended period before the operation was conducted. He also said that the earlier date for the operation had been shifted to prevent human casualties.


“Sustained intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance were conducted over an extended period to confirm the presence of terrorists in the area and to ensure that those present were indeed terrorists. Due to these painstaking measures, the operation, initially scheduled for an earlier date, had to be rescheduled to the 25th, when it was ultimately carried out. The operation was planned as a t effort, leveraging the air component’s precision strike capabilities and the land component’s advantage of having boots on the ground,” he said.

“This operation began with pre-operational intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions to confirm terrorist activities in the general area. Subsequently, human intelligence was deployed, and their reports corroborated the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance findings, highlighting the strategic importance of neutralising the location. Once confirmed, aircraft were dispatched to conduct precision airstrikes on the identified hideouts at approximately 0600 hours on the specified day.”

Buba said that the ground forces confirmed the destruction of the terrorists’ key infrastructure and the neutralisation of several combatants during the operation, adding that survivors from the group fled the area, leveraging their familiarity with the terrain.

“Locals in the community also confirmed that the terrorists had been using the area as a staging ground for their operations. Intelligence and surveillance reports before the airstrike consistently identified the location as a high-concentration hideout for the Lakurawa group,” he added.

Buba assured that the military would continue its operations to dismantle terrorist networks while minimising harm to civilians and their communities.

“The operation’s primary objective was achieved, and the impact on surrounding villages was minimal,” Buba said.

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They have started bending the truth.

Who do we hold responsible for things like this

I thought they debunked the news earlier?

University explosions will later be blamed.

But CDS denied it and said anyone who was killed was working with the terrorists.

I sympathize with the people of the North in all this. This is probably the fourth time this year military has killed innocent civilians in accidental airstrikes.
Kaduna, Katsina and now Sokoto.

This continues because nobody has been made to pay for it.
Then again people see the North as complicit in this atrocious APC government so whatever they see, they have to take.

If they tolerated Buhari, then they can't speak out against Tinubu.

AIins:
We just pray this doesn't repeat itself again.
It doesn't speak well for our image honestly

...repeat itself.

Una wan pin am for Terrorists head 😹😹😹...
In coming days ,Terrorists go tell us for tiktok the bomb that actually killed the villagers .

good thing is Terrorists no dey lie, if na dem den go take responsibility 😹

As if there won't be an excuse of incompetence. Imagine if another nation invade Nigeria? We're just lucky we are surrounded by local nations.

No single airstrike have been successful without civilian casualties. Na this hand dem go use fight war?

Result of nepotism and appointing my kinsmen even if he's a novice.

Incompetent fools.What do you expect, when the president is incompetent.

Nigeria army should just leave this people with their terrorists. Innocent civilians in the city but terrorists in the forest. We've seen videos of the terrorist observing jumat on Friday if they are bombed out while doing that, Northerners will claim they're civilians praying. U never read

vanbonattel:
University explosions will later be blamed.

😂

The report is from DHQ. But the posted picture is army headquarters.

Where are those urchins that polluted the net with "Israel is killing women and children"?

All this big Grammers for misfiring

Why are people sympathizing with terrorists ??

I no talk anything op,


Smart move 😎

Elusive001:
Where are those urchins that polluted the net with "Israel is killing women and children"?

The question should be the other way round

Where are those celebrating Israel bombing Hamas

Thank God for Muslim-Muslim ticket, this proves that God loves this country...

Just imagine if it was under Peter Obi that a bomb dropped in Sokoto and killed 10 people, or the drone strike that killed 85 people last year December in Kaduna.

We all know what the headline news would be, we all know how many sudden protest would happen, there would be numerous comparisons with the present Israel-Gaza conflict, 1966 this 1966 that - nobody will hear word.

I keep saying this, Asiwaju was sent by God to deliver Nigeria, no other leader can boldly tackle Nigeria's problems.

Peter Obi was the Devil's failed attempt.

I thought you denied it all initially?
Govt of lies, run by liars for their fellow deluded liars

vanbonattel:
University explosions will later be blamed.

I was just informed by the Israeli Air Force that it's a tertiary explosion. The Defense Headquarters got it wrong.

danvon:
Tha

Actual fuc

Primary explosion ko, secondary invasion ni


Bunch of incomp.etent rag tags

Mooooslimis terrorists destroying Nigeria.

Now they want to establish useless sharia law in a Yoruba state so that they can infuse terrorism in Yoruba land.

Blame game as usual

After denying

MondayOmoAdugbo:

Actual fuc

Lol 😂

MasterJayJay:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/secondary-explosion-not-airstrike-killed-sokoto-villagers-dhq/%3famp

Jet fighters are equipped to take photos of strikes immediately after the strikes.
Are the jet fighters procured by Buhari to fight Nigerians not having photo equipment?
Instead of restructuring NIgeria politically so that each zone practices its religious faith as its people want, Nigeria purchases jet fighters to attack Nigerian groups that want to practice their religion according to teachings of their prophets. Boko Haram and Lakurawa are fighting for a country to be governed with Sharia criminal laws; the same laws adopted by the political and religious leaders in the 12 far north states now known as the Sharia states.

I stopped taking the army seriously during a rehabilitation process of repentant bokoharam where one of the army officials boasted that one of the repentant terrorist could one day become president of Nigeria!

Some days later,one of the repentant went home,killed his father and ran away!

MasterJayJay:
They have started bending the truth.

Bending it like Beckham