Already, President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State have ordered a probe into the incident while also condoling the victims and their families.
“President Tinubu describes the incident as very unfortunate, disturbing, and painful, expressing indignation and grief over the tragic loss of Nigerian lives,” presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had earlier denied involvement in the incident. However, the Nigerian Army claimed responsibility for the ‘accidental’ bombing.
Two days after the bombing, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja visited the community to condole the victims and their families. The visit was also for an on-the-spot assessment of the community.
Sunday’s incident is one of the country’s deadliest military bombing accidents. Nigeria’s armed forces often rely on air strikes in their battle against so-called bandit militias in the northwest and northeast of the country, where jihadists have been fighting for more than a decade.
