The delegation is led by Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and Ministers of Defence and Information, Mohammed Dan Ali, and Lai Mohammed, respectively.
According to the official twitter handle of the Presidency, also on the trip to the North-East are the Service Chiefs.
Post-Nigeria, learnt that Buhari’s quick response to set up a delegation, was based on the outcry of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, who had called for a thorough investigation, by both the military authority and the international community, into Tuesday’s “accidental” air strike, by men of the Nigerian Air Force.
The Governor, said the call became imperative to ascertain what actually happened, just as he commiserated with families of the victims of the incident.
Fayose, said it was strange that the military could mistakenly bomb an IDP camp that it created, and was aware of the location.
He chided Buhari for jumping into conclusion that the air strike was a mistake, saying: “By saying it was accidental, the President already foreclosed investigation, which he ought to have ordered, before jumping into conclusion.”
“It is obvious that the Federal Government is still deceiving Nigerians on its handling of the Boko Haram insurgency, because it is strange that the same Boko Haram that they said had been defeated, were the ones they claimed the military wanted to attack with fighter jet.”
“I sympathize with those helpless Nigerians who escaped death from the hands of Boko Haram insurgents, only to be killed by the same authority that should be protecting them. May Allah (SWT) forgive their sins and grant them Al Jannah Fidau.” Fayose said.
“I also call on all necessary authorities in Nigeria, as well as the international community, to investigate the incident, with a view to unraveling whether or not the air strike was a mistake. And if it was indeed a mistake, what led to it must be unraveled”, the Governor said.
While maintaining that Nigerians were not being told the truth about the Boko Haram insurgency, Governor Fayose added: “In as much as they are making efforts, which must be commended, the Federal Government must stop deceiving Nigerians.
“First, they said they have defeated Boko Haram technically. Later they claimed Boko Haram flag was captured, and went on to display the ‘captured flag’ at the Presidency. But look at what we are witnessing now. Look at bombings and attacks here and there by the same Boko Haram they told us had been defeated.
“If indeed Boko Haram had been defeated, what was the need for the air strike that led to the killing of those Nigerians in the IDP camp yesterday?
“I can’t join them to lie. I say the truth and stand by it. Over 800 people were killed in Southern Kaduna, but what are they telling Nigerians? They are even saying it with glee that just 204 people were killed, and not over 800 as claimed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan. Even if those killed in Southern Kaduna were 204, is that not enough a tragedy that should bother the Federal Government?
“At this period, what Nigerians deserve from government at all levels is the truth, and it is only the truth the can set Nigeria and its people free from all these calamities.”
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