Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has said the accidental bombing of an Internally Displaced Persons’ camp in Rann, Borno State, in January, was due to “communication gap somewhere.”
The Air Chief said this weekend while confirming that the panel, set up by the Nigerian Air Force to investigate the incident, had submitted its report.
The CAS, however, said he would not disclose the contents of the report.
A six-man panel, headed by the Chief of Standards and Evaluation, Air Vice Marshal Salihu Bala-Ribah, was constituted on January 19, 2017, to investigate the incident which claimed 112 lives while 97 were injured.
Abubakar added, “The report has been submitted, but I would not let you into the findings of the report. This is because we are forwarding it to the Defence Headquarters and from there to the Ministry of Defence.
“But one thing I want to say is that it is a very tragic incident. It has happened and it is something that is associated with war.
“Even recently, some foreign powers also bombed friendly forces mistakenly. What is important to us is to pray for the families of the deceased and support them. And this is what we have been doing.
“Usually when a thing like this happens, you find out that there is a communication gap somewhere. It is left for us to find out: Why did that communication gap exist? What can we do to ensure that it does not come up again?
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