In two separate Boko Haram attacks, seven people including a soldier,
were killed in both Bam and Gajigana villages of Biu and Magumeri Local
Government Areas of Borno State, while an unspecified number of teenage
girls were abducted in Bam Village. Several more people were injured in
Gajigana village after insurgents set ablaze shops and houses without
confrontation.
A resident of the area who fled to Miringa town for safety, Mallam Ali
Bam, said that the insurgents went to the village at about 3:30 am on
the weekend and set the whole village ablaze.
He said:
"Boko Haram terrorists after separating a lot of teenage girls from
married women in Bam, set ablaze the whole village and fled with the
girls unchallenged, as the attack lasted for some hours before they
fled. I called on General Buratai to do something as we have been
telling the soldiers that the Boko Haram were so close to the village,
but they only went to Mangari village which is few kilometers away from
Buratai and shot into the air and left. The soldiers don’t want to
confront the terrorists, Buratai should better do something before they
start attacking and sacking villages, as they were doing before.”
Then they attacked and burnt down Gajiganna village killing three persons including a soldier before stealing lots of foodstuff.
An eyewitness said that the insurgents who came at 8:30pm on Friday
started shooting sporadically into the air to scare people, but they
ended up killing one man, one woman and a soldier.
He said:
“I believe it was a revenge mission, because recently, we arrested over
17 Boko Haram insurgents in the community and handed them over to the
military. I am calling on the Federal government and the military
authorities to do something about the pockets of insurgents in the
bushes and villagers before they regroup and start attacking big towns
and villages,”.
He said that the attack on Gajigana could have been avoided if soldiers
acted on the information that they were given rather when the
insurgents came the soldiers took to their heels without fighting them.
Vanguard
Title : Boko Haram kills 7 people including a soldier in Borno attacks
Description : In two separate Boko Haram attacks, seven people including a soldier, were killed in both Bam and Gajigana villages of Biu and Magumeri L...
