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Nigerian Air Force Investigative Panel Visits Borno State

January 22, 2017

The panel is saddled with the task of finding out issues surrounding the accidental bombing, the number of casualties and the role of the flight crew in the accident.

The panel set up by the Nigerian Air Force to investigate the accidental bombing in Rann village in Borno State on Sunday visited the scene of the incident.

The panel is saddled with the task of finding out issues surrounding the accidental bombing, the number of casualties and the role of the flight crew in the accident.

Already, there are controversies over the number of people killed in the accidental bombing.

While Doctors Without Borders (MSF), put the death toll at 90, the locals put the figure at over 200.

The Nigerian Air Force had admitted that the bombing was a mistake and apologised.

Some senior military officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, had visited the village for an on the spot assessment of the scene.

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