By Emmanuel Nduka
A misfire by the Nigerian Air Force in airstrikes targeting bandits, has mistakenly killed seven children and wounded five others in Niger Republic, a local Governor told AFP on Sunday.
“There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade on Friday,” Chaibou Aboubacar, Governor of the Maradi region said.
“The victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five wounded,” he added.
