‘We need answers, not condolences’ — Sheikh Gumi demands probe over NAF airstrike

Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has called for an urgent probe into the Nigerian Air Force airstrike that reportedly killed much than 50 civilians astatine a play marketplace successful Jilli colony on the Borno–Yobe border.

Reacting successful a Facebook station connected Sunday, Gumi questioned the accountability of those liable for the operation, asking who authorised and executed the bombings that deed guiltless civilians.

He cited erstwhile incidents, including the Tudun Biri bombing and different reported strikes successful Nasarawa and Sokoto, describing them arsenic portion of a troubling signifier of attacks affecting non-combatants.

Gumi argued that coercion cannot beryllium defeated done actions that endanger civilian lives, insisting that specified operations hazard undermining nationalist trust.

He called connected the Senate to instantly behaviour hearings into what helium described arsenic repeated “mistakes” involving the bombing of villages, markets, and different civilian locations.

Gumi said: “Who are the pilots down these weaponry releases connected guiltless locals?

“Tudun biri, Nasarawa onslaught connected herdsmen trailer, Sokoto onslaught etc are conscionable the fewer ones recorded. Terror...