Scores of persons have been reportedly killed and others injured during the air bombardment of suspected terrorists by military at the Mutumji community in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria on Sunday.
Residents of the troubled community said the incident occurred when military air fighter jet pursued terrorists into a market in the community.
According to the locals, the military engaged in a gun battle with the suspected terrorists for two days at Malele Community which forced the insurgents to flee into the Mutumji community.
The residents of the affected community said they were at the market when they saw an aircraft hovering around and then shortly after, they heard a loud sound of bomb.
The Zamfara State commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, DIG Mammam Tsafe (rtd), who visited the wounded residents at the state specialist hospital, condemned the killing and urged the military to speed up efforts to rid the suspected terrorists.
Meanwhile, the military has described as untrue, the report that some civilians were killed in a bombardment carried out by the Nigerian Air Force on Sunday in Zamfara State.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, Major General Uwem Bassey, said there was nothing like that.
“When the Armed Forces are making successes, it is for the good of the citizens,” he said.
Bassey also said the reported killing of residents is only intended to take the sail from the successes by the military.