Source: www.radiomuqdisho.net
A Senior Nigeria Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Mausi Segun has called on the Federal Government to compensate the victims and families of those who were accidentally bombed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet at Rann in Bornu State.
Recalled that on Tuesday NAF fighter jet deployed for counter-insurgency operation in the North-East mistakenly bombed aid workers, soldiers and displaced persons at Rann in Bornu State, killing about 100 persons on the ground.
Speaking on the issue, the Human Rights Watch Researcher urged the Federal Government to compensate the victim and their families, even if there is no evidence of a willful attack on the camp.
According to him, “The Nigerian government should provide prompt, adequate, and effective compensation to the victims and their families of the January 17 bombing of the displaced persons camp in Rann, Borno State. Even if there is no evidence of a willful attack on the camp, which would be a war crime, the camp was bombed indiscriminately, violating international humanitarian law. Victims should not be denied redress merely because the government decided the bombing was accidental.”
