President Buhari receiving Captured Boko Haram terrorist flag from Camp Zero in Sambisa Forest by the Nigerian Army from Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai while attending Guards Brigade Regimental Dinner Night at the Guards Brigade Scorpion Mess Abuja on 30th Dec 2016Many civilians have been killed in Nigeria, including three Cameroonians Working for humanitarian organisations and President Muhammadu Buhari regretted the bombing in a statement on Tuesday.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has received with deep sadness and regret, the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State, by the Nigerian Air Force, engaged in the final phase of mopping up insurgents in the North-east,” the presidency said.
“President Buhari condoles with families of the dead, wishes the wounded divine succour, leading to full recovery, and sympathizes with the Borno State government.
“The President pledges federal help for the state government in attending to “this regrettable operational mistake,” and pleads for calm, even as he prays God to grant repose to the souls of the dead,” it said.
Reports from Cameroon said many people were killed.