12.4.2026
Nigeria army jets Saturday night strifed a village marketplace in Yobe State leaving 200 people dead.
The army was going after Boko Haram elements in the Jilli axis of Borno State when the incident happened in the village bordering the two States.
“It’s a very devastating incident at Jilli Market. As I’m speaking to you, over 200 people have lost their lives from the air strike at the market,” Lawan Zanna Nur Geidam, the councillor and traditional head of Fuchimeram ward in Yobe’s Geidam district told Reuters.
Three other residents and an official from an international humanitarian agency confirmed the strike and likely death toll.
The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said it had received preliminary reports of an incident at Jilli Market “which reportedly resulted in casualties affecting some marketers” and activated emergency response.
Ahmed Ali, a 43-year-old resident who sells medical consumables at the market, said he had been injured in a blast.
“I became so scared and attempted to run away, but a friend dragged me and we all lay on the ground,” he said from hospital. With Reuters report