Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says the explosion in
Kwateri, a community between the state and Benue, was not carried out by a
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), aircraft.
Sule who spoke during an Arise TV show on Wednesday said an
unidentified “drone” wrecked the attack.
On Tuesday, at least 27 people were killed following an
airstrike that hit some herders waiting to transport their cattle from an area
that connects Benue to Nasarawa.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria
(MACBAN), said the explosion happened after the herders went to get 1,250 of
their cows impounded by the Benue livestock guards.
Speaking further on the attack, the governor dispelled the
“rumours” that the attack was orchestrated by the air force.
He said enquiries revealed that “no air force plane flew
through the area,” adding that the bombing was done by a drone whose operators
were yet to be identified.
“It will be very difficult to arrest anyone at the moment
because the whole place at that moment was in total disarray. The rumours
earlier were that the air force carried out the bombing but right now, we
understand that there was no air force plane that flew through the area,” the
governor said.
“It was a drone that
flew through the area and dropped the bomb. I have spoken with all the security
agencies around and all of them claim they do not know anything about it.
Nobody is claiming responsibility for the drone bombing.”
Sule said the investigation was still ongoing to ascertain
the truth of the situation.
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