LIST: 126 civilians killed in Rann bombing — families yet to be compensated

March 27, 2017 11:53 am

On January 17, 2017, the skies above Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge local government area, went from blue to red, as 126 civilian were killed by the Nigerian military in an accidental air operation.

A day after the accidental bombing, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian non-governmental organisation, said an estimated 50 people were killed and about 120 injured.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the airstrike killed and wounded scores of people, including twenty aid workers from the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS).

Babagana Malarima, chairman of Kala Balge local government as at the time of the bombing, initially said 236 people had died in the attack, but later revised the figures, stating that the figures available to him were a lump sum of injured and killed persons.

Lucky Irabor, a major general and theatre commander of the operation Lafiya Dole, said 112 persons were killed and 97 injured in the accidental bombing.

TheCable however learnt from locals, that 126 people died on the first day of the accidental bombing, while another 108 persons sustained various degrees of injury. Some others have died in the days following the attack, but none, not a single household has been compensated for the military misnomer.

Here is a list of all those who died from the very first day of the attack:

S/N	Names of the deceased	Village	Gender
1	Koshe Kurama	Bula Aminbe	Female
2	Mohammed Kura	Bula Aminbe	Male
3	Eli Gambo	Daima	Male
4	Gadu Mallum Eli	Daima	Male
5	Hassan Abukar	Daima	Male
6	Bundi M. Alhaji	Daima	Male
7	Abba Numa Mallam	Daima	Male
8	Abakar Koshe	Daima	Male
9	Ali Kawu Babagana	Daima	Male
10	Ya Fati Baba Gana	Daima	Female
11	Ya Aji Mallam	Daima	Female
12	Abba Malam	Daima	Male
13	Gambo Mallam	Daima	Male
14	Khadija Mallam	Daima	Female
15	Abakar Abba Zara	Daima	Male
16	Adam M. Umar	Daima	Male
17	Kachalla Abba Kurama	Daima	Male
18	Waziri Mallam Difan	Daima	Male
19	Mohammed Abba Dam	Daima	Male
20	Modu Gambo Maina	Daima	Male
21	Mohammadu Mohd Nguro	Daima	Male
22	Mohammed Alkellu	Tatakura	Male
23	Abdullahi Imar	Sabkara	Male
24	Eli Abba	Ashe	Male
25	Abakar Abba Kime	Karche	Male
26	Abba Umar Abba Ali	Karche	Male
27	Garba Abba Zarami	Karche	Male
28	Abakar Mairam	Karche	Male
29	Abba Bura Dunna	Karche	Male
30	Abba Liman Abba Malum	Karche	Male
31	Bukar Abba Malum	Karche	Male
32	Fanne Mallum	Karche	Female
33	Mohammed Mai Abba	Karche	Male
34	Shettima Ali	Karche	Male
35	Ashe Kurama	Karche	Female
36	Mohammed Shitta Alimbo	Sidekir	Male
37	Mammade Mohammed Shitta	Sidekir	Male
38	Mohammed Sheikh M. Shitta	Sidekir	Male
39	Abubakar Tijjani	Sidekir	Male
40	Abakar Adam Al-Kellu	Sidekir	Male
41	Kaka Bulama Adam	Bakari	Male
42	Zanna Khalid	Asaba	Male
43	Said Umar	Asaba	Male
44	Isa Mallum Mohammad	Zuwa	Male
45	Kayiya Abana	Sigal	Female
46	Hassana Kayiya	Sigal	Male
47	Abu Said Kayiya	Sigal	Male
48	OC Kaliyaba	Sigal	Male
49	Maram Kaiyiya	Sigal	Female
50	Mohammed Kura Abba	Budul	Male
51	Buluma Kontoma	Budul	Male
52	Adam M. Modu	Budul	Male
53	Isa M. Bukar	Budul	Male
54	Konto Abiso	Budul	Male
55	Yakime Bukar	Budul	Female
56	Mallam Abana	Budul	Male
57	Iyasa Goni Bulama	Nboro	Female
58	Modu Nboro	Nboro	Male
59	Grema Mohammed	Tunish	Male
60	Modu Mallam Abiso	Tunish	Male
61	Mallum Abba Ali	Tunish	Male
62	Bunu Abba Ali	Tunish	Male
63	Abba Kura	Makandiri	Male
64	Ya Malum Abba Kurama	Makandiri	Female
65	Abba Numa Alhaji	Makandiri	Male
66	Attah Alhaji	Makandiri	Female
67	Modu Chuli	Makandiri	Male
68	Ya Kellu Abba	Makandiri	Female
69	Isa Abba	Makandiri	Male
70	Ya Ndugbo Mallam Musa	Makandiri	Female
71	Kaka Modu Modu Jala	Makandiri	Male
72	Kellu Kaka Modu	Makandiri	Female
73	Fanne Ali	Makandiri	Female
74	Abande Mohammed	Makandiri	Male
75	Zara Tijjani	Makandiri	Female
76	Jibrin Mai Bukar	Makandiri	Male
77	Imam Ganama A. Bukar	Makandiri	Male
78	Jidda Yusuf	Makandiri	Male
79	Fanna Modu	Makandiri	Female
80	Kellu Kurama	Makandiri	Male
81	Fanna Ibrahim	Makandiri	Female
82	Mallam Abdullahi Husaini	Dugumashe	Male
83	Aiso Jalomi	Dugumashe	Female
84	Adam Atombe	Dugumashe	Male
85	Fanne Kabir	Jiwe	Female
86	Jabba Kabir	Jiwe	Female
87	Hassan Adungus	Babajalki	Male
88	Kellu Mai Saba	Amsaburu	Female
89	Halimata Karaguma	Amsaburu	Female
90	Zanna A. Ramat	Amsaburu	Male
91	Sale Mai Saba	Amsaburu	Male
92	Mallamu Mai Alhaji Jango	Amsaburu	Male
93	Halimatu Jango	Amsaburu	Male
94	Mustapha Kori	Tilam	Male
95	Baba Mustapha Abba Rawa	Tilam	Male
96	Zarami Baba Gana	Tilam	Male
97	Aishe Baba Gana	Bulagana	Male
98	Mallam Hashimi Mohd. Kotoko	Kala	Male
99	Baba Modu Mamman Kotoko	Kala	Male
100	Mallum Bana Mallum Amsami	Kala	Male
101	Husaini Mallam Isa	Kala	Male
102	Mallam Isa Idrisa	Kala	Male
103	Bana Abor	Kala	Male
104	Hassana Gambo	Kala	Male
105	Abdullahi Baba Shehu	Kala	Male
106	Alhaji Ali Usman	Kala	Male
107	Baba Modu Usman	Kala	Male
108	Mohammed Mallam Abba Grema	Rann	Male
109	Dina Baba Gana	Rann	Male
110	Baba Kamsulum	Rann	Male
111	Malarima Abba Ngubdo	Rann	Male
112	Gujja Abba Gulgum	Rann	Male
113	Bana Masu	Rann	Male
114	Hussaini Mallam Musa	Rann	Male
115	Abakar Malam Tijjani	Sidagari	Male
116	Kurama Lise		Male
Others	Seven Red Cross members and three MSF staff

Red Cross says only six of its members were killed, while MSF insists that none of its staff were killed, further stating that those who died were contract staff.