The military high command disclosed recently that it has commenced an investigation on the alleged killing of innocent civilians last Sunday in airstrikes targeted at terrorists by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) at Mutumji community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Musa Danmadami, who disclosed this in Abuja on thursday, maintained that the airstrikes were targeted solely at bandits who invaded the area in their hundreds on motorcycles.
Over 60 civilians were reportedly killed in the operation.
Danmadami, while responding to questions at a media briefing on an update on military operations conducted in the last three weeks, said the military had set up a board to investigate the matter.
Lamenting the deaths of some soldiers from the ground forces during the operations, he said the number of soldiers killed was over-exaggerated in the media.
He stated further that the number of civilians killed had not been officially communicated to the military by the Zamfara State government.
