Famuyiwa said this while reacting to questions at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the Armed Forces, on Thursday in Abuja.
But in his reaction to the report on Thursday, the NAF spokesperson challenged the organisation to produce evidence to prove the allegation that those killed in the air strike were not terrorists.He also challenged anyone accusing the military to come out with proof such as photograph of the said truck, the cattle and dead bodies.
“The position of the Air Force is that terrorists were struck that day and whether it is whatever group and if they think they were innocent people, let them provide the evidence. “If you think the military is going to give you the evidence of that operation for now, you won’t get it because of information that cannot be declassified now.
“Let the people who said innocent citizens were killed provide the evidence and let the press do the analysis and then the truth will come up,” Famuyiwa said.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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