The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has constituted a board of senior officers to investigate the accidental air strike on January 17 at Rann, Borno State. Among its terms of reference, the Board is to determine the immediate and remote causes as well as the circumstances that led to the incident.

Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, said in a statement issued on Thursday that this is with a view to forestalling future occurrence.

“In addition to a list of 20 witnesses given to it, the Board is free to invite other persons to give evidence on oath. The Board is to submit its report not later than 2 February, 2017,” Famuyiwa explained.

The 6-man Board is headed by the Chief of Standards and Evaluation, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force (HQ NAF), Air Vice Marshal Salihu Bala-Ribah. Other members are Air Vice Marshal Charles Oghomwen, Air Commodore Ayoola Jolasinmi, Group Captain Essien Efanga, Wing Commander Solomon Irmiya and Wing Commander Mohammed Muazu.

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