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Accidental Discharge: Buhari sends delegation to Rann, in Borno state.
 
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Wed, 18 Jan 2017   ||   Nigeria,
 

Nigeria’s President and Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, Muhammadu Buhari today sent a delegation to Rann, Borno following Tuesday’s air strike by the Nigerian Air Force on an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the town.

According to Ceoafrica, the delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari has Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister for Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali and the Service Chiefs.

Yesterday, President Buhari in a statement commiserated with the Borno Government and with those who lost loved ones.

The Air Force in a statement said details of the strike were sketchy as the International Committee of the Red Cross said six of their staff was killed, while the Doctors without Borders said 52 people were killed and 120 suffered injuries.

 

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