Nasarawa explosion: Drone dropped the bomb — not NAF aircraft, says Abdullahi Sule | TheCable
Idris ShehuAbdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says the explosion in Kwateri, a community between the state and Benue, was not carried out by a Nigerian Air Force , aircraft.On Tuesday,
were killed following an airstrike that hit some herders waiting to transport their cattle from an area that connects Benue to Nasarawa.the explosion happened after the herders went to get 1,250 of their cows impounded by the Benue livestock guards.Speaking further on the attack, the governor dispelled the “rumours” that the attack was orchestrated by the air force.
He said enquiries revealed that “no air force plane flew through the area,” adding that the bombing was done by a drone whose operators were yet to be identified. “It will be very difficult to arrest anyone at the moment because the whole place at that moment was in total disarray. The rumours earlier were that the air force carried out the bombing but right now, we understand that there was no air force plane that flew through the area,” the governor said.“It was a drone that flew through the area and dropped the bomb. I have spoken with all the security agencies around and all of them claim they do not know anything about it.
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