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Two Nigerian soldiers will face trial over a drone bombing Former South African President Jacob Zuma will honour summons by the ruling African National Congress (ANC), his new party says.
that killed dozens of civilians last year in the north-western Kaduna state, the defence The ANC on Thursday announced it had served Mr Zuma with a notice to appear before its disciplinary panel after he declared support for a rival party in this year's general election.
headquarters has said. Mr Zuma is now the leader and face of the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and he has been campaigning for the party ahead of May elections. He was suspended from ANC in January.
It said the soldiers will face “a court martial for acts of omission or commission with MK party spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, said that Mr Zuma was not a coward and would attend his disciplinary hearing, EyeWitness news website reported.
respect to the incident”, in which at least at least 85 civilians were killed. The hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday.
The He is reportedly facing two counts, for publicly endorsing the MK party and for registering as a candidate for the elections under the new party.
strike on 3 December happened during a Mr Zuma, who was president from 2009 to 2018, still enjoys considerable political clout in South Africa and has recently garnered major media attention.
Muslim religious celebration. The state governor then said the civilians were "mistakenly
killed" by a military drone "targeting terrorists and bandits”.
President
Bola Tinubu ordered an investigation into the “bombing mishap”.
On
Thursday, a military spokesman said they had concluded a “painstaking
investigation” and had initiated disciplinary action.
Maj Gen Edward Buba emphasised that the incident had been a “mistake”.
He said
the military is taking precautions to ensure there are no such strikes on
civilians in future.
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