Inside Story of How Nigeria Air Force Bombed Children Terrorised By Boko Haram in Niger PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
n one mid-April morning at Kurebe community in the Shiroro area of Niger State, six girls were running after one another, carefree, in a manner expressive of the innocent exuberance of kids. As they huddled together at a borehole, which they had friskily raced to, a military fighter jet appeared high overhead, apparently hunting for military targets in an area that has fallen to the grips of the extremist violent group Boko Haram.
After their torn remains were collected, Maryam Lawal, Hafeezah Basiru, Shamsiyah Lawal, Shafaatu Jamilu, Asmau Isa, and Hakumi Danlami were buried in three graves dug by their parents and residents in three batches. Kurebe, a community in the remote area of Shiroro, is ravaged by Boko Haram terrorists, who commit atrocious crimes, including rape, kidnapping for ransom, murders, and forcibly recruiting boys into violent extremism.
When reached for his official statement, Mr Gabkwet asked our reporter to"stay with what the Niger government said" on the incident. Mr Dobi said he believed the fighter jet came from the neighbouring Kaduna area, scaringly coming"towards us and then turned back again towards Kaduna". It was not the first time such a jet would hover in the village's sky, apparently surveilling the terrorised community, locals said.
Two months after the military's bombs killed their sister, Shafaatu's siblings, Zaliha and Hauwa, still wallow in pain, Mr Dobi said. They have since avoided passing the route where the incident happened."Whenever they see an airplane flying in the sky, they run back home in tears, thinking they could be killed," he added.
The military raid in the community has aggravated the conditions of villagers in the area, PREMIUM TIMES gathered. Several residents whose houses were destroyed by the fighter jet have also been displaced and rendered homeless. "To the best knowledge of the state government, there are no civilians resident in these areas for some time now due to the infiltrations and activities of the terrorists which forced the locals to seek shelter as IDPs in other parts of the state," Mr Umar said in a statement."While the state government appreciates the victories recorded during these operations, it also looks forward to sustained operations to eradicate bandits from the state.
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