Kaduna bombing victims drag Nigerian govt to court, seek N33billion compensation

The victims of the accidental military bombing in the Tundun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have sued the Nigerian government for the enforcement of their fundamental human rights.

On December 8, the Tudun Biri villagers through their counsel, Mukhtar Usman Esq
filed the lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Kaduna State.

Recall that on December 3, some Muslims who were celebrating the Islamic Maulud at their village of Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area, when a military drone bombed the community.

Over 126 people have been reported killed and several others injured.

As a result, the Tundun Biri residents are seeking monetary compensation worth N33 billion and an apology to be published in at least three national dailies.

Also, the villagers are also demanding an apology to be published in at least three national dailies.

It was stated that, “a declaration that the act of striking dead, by way of aerial bombardment of the deceased victims herein while celebrating the Islamic Maulud at their village of Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area on the 3rd day of December 2023 by the personnel under the command and supervision of the 3rd respondent (the Chief of Army Staff) amounts to a violation of the deceased victims’ fundamental rights to life as enshrined in Section 33 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Article 10(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification Enforcement) Act (Cap 10) LFN 2010.”

Although no date has been fixed for hearing of the suit against the federal government.