{"id":50233,"date":"2021-09-16T16:33:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T15:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=50233"},"modified":"2021-09-16T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:32:57","slug":"boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram: Airforce reacts as military jet opens fire on civilians, kills several others in Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Airforce, on Thursday, said it has commenced investigation into the reported killing of civilians by a Military jet in Yobe State.<\/p>\n

An Airforce jet reportedly opened fire on civilians \u2018accidentally\u2019, while searching for Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe.<\/p>\n

The Airforce, in a statement signed by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF Spokesman, said the incident will be thoroughly looked into.<\/p>\n

The statement read, \u201cFollowing intelligence on Boko Haram\/ISWAP movements along the Kamadougou Yobe River line, an aircraft from the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai was detailed to respond to the suspected terrorists activities in the area along the Nigeria\/Niger border at about 0600hrs on 15 September 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aircraft while operating South of Kanama observed suspicious movement consistent with Boko Haram terrorists behaviour whenever a Jet aircraft is overhead. Accordingly, the pilot fired some probing shots. It is important to state that the area is well known for continuous Boko Haram\/ISWAP activities. Unfortunately reports reaching Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Headquarters alleged that some civilians were erroneously killed while others were injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitial release denying the involvement of NAF aircraft was based on the first report available to the Air Component which was subsequently forwarded to NAF headquarters that civilians were bombed as the aircraft detailed for the mission was not carrying bombs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, a Board of Inquiry has been set up to thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigerian Airforce, on Thursday, said it has commenced investigation into the reported killing of civilians by a Military jet in Yobe State. An Airforce jet reportedly opened fire on civilians \u2018accidentally\u2019, while searching for Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe. The Airforce, in a statement signed by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,45,254,5420,334],"class_list":["post-50233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-boko-haram","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-airforce","tag-yobe"],"yoast_head":"\nBoko Haram: Airforce reacts as military jet opens fire on civilians, kills several others in Yobe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Airforce, on Thursday, said it has commenced investigation into the reported killing of civilians by a Mili ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boko Haram: Airforce reacts as military jet opens fire on civilians, kills several others in Yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Airforce, on Thursday, said it has commenced investigation into the reported killing of civilians by a Mili ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-16T15:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-61435577a6c6f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1419\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"943\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Boko Haram: Airforce reacts as military jet opens fire on civilians, kills several others in Yobe\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-16T15:33:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-61435577a6c6f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Boko Haram\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian Airforce\",\"Yobe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-airforce-reacts-as-military-jet-opens-fire-on-civilians-kills-several-others-in-yobe\",\"name\":\"Boko Haram: Airforce reacts as military jet opens fire on civilians, kills several others in Yobe - 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