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The Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI) says it has donated N10,000 each to 58 victims of the Rann accidental bombing currently receiving treatment in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

PCNI said on Saturday that the hand-out is not a compensation for their loss or injuries.

This is coming days after TheCable’s Tears From Rann series, an investigation into the lives of the victims of the military misfire which revealed that PCNI had not given a kobo for the treatment of the victims.

Prof Hauwa Biu of PCNI on a visit to the Victims of the Rann bomblast, presenting a cash support of N10,000. pic.twitter.com/uWps1yGv9V

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— North East Development Commission (@officialNEDC) March 4, 2017

This is in addition to the 10 Million Naira given by the @vsfnigeria for the treatment of the patients to UMTH. https://t.co/I0n9GPjW8F

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— North East Development Commission (@officialNEDC) March 4, 2017

The cash was presented to the victims by Hauwa Biu, a professor at the University of Maiduguri and the head of PCNI sub-committee on education.

“58 victims of the Rann accidental air strike received 10,000 naira each from the PCNI. While the care givers and hospital staff received 1 million naira donation,” PCNI wrote on Twitter.

“This is in addition to the 10 Million Naira given by the Victims Support Fund for the treatment of the patients to UMTH.

“The PCNI gift to victims of the Rann accidental air strike is NOT the COMPENSATION of the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, Seun Onigbinde, the co-founder of BudgIT, is leading a group of citizens to raise N5.8 million for the victims of the attack.

https://twitter.com/seunonigbinde/status/838119314997788672