The Digest:
No fewer than 56 people, mostly traders, are feared dead after an airstrike on Jilli Market, a weekly market along the Borno-Yobe border, on Saturday. The strike, suspected to be part of a military operation targeting Boko Haram insurgents, missed its intended target. An eyewitness said: "I counted 56 corpses myself." Over 20 people were hospitalised in Geidam, with two referred to Damaturu. The Nigerian Air Force has not issued an official statement.
Key Points:
- The weekly market attracts traders from Gubio, Chiweram, Benisheikh, Gurokayeya, and Geidam.
- The fighter jet was reportedly tracking insurgents collecting levies from traders.
- Casualty figures vary, with the councillor reporting over 30 killed and 20 hospitalised.
- Yobe State official says the incident occurred within Borno State jurisdiction.
- At least nine of the hospitalised have since died, raising the toll.
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