Northern Leaders Demand Compensation for Kaduna Massacre

Community and religious leaders from the Northern part of the country on Tuesday frowned at Sunday’s killing of over 90 innocent villagers by military drones at Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

While calling for a full-scale investigation into the incident, they also demanded compensation for survivors and families of the deceased.

VOP News gathered that the victims, among them women and children, were struck dead as they celebrated Maulud while over 60 others were left injured.

The Defence Headquarters earlier on Tuesday said the drone attack on the community was based on information about untoward activities of terrorists in the area.

This was contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba on Tuesday in Abuja.

But while appearing on a TV programme last night, Senator Shehu Sani, who is from Kaduna State, described the military’s statement as highly insensitive.

He said the language used in the statement was unfair to hundreds of families affected by the tragedy as it appeared that the military attempted to justify its action of dropping the bombs to punish many innocent people because of the crime of a few criminals, it there were any among the deaths.

Senator Sani called for a thorough investigation by the National Assembly saying similar injustices were brushed over in the past.