Boko Haram in military uniform kill 8 in Borno village

Eight villagers were reported dead and several
others injured when gunmen, suspected to be
Boko Haram members, dressed in military
uniforms attacked Lugumani Village in Dikwa
Local Government Area of Borno State,
witnesses said. Lugumani is located about 90km from
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Awwal Sunoma, a taxi driver who survived the
attack, said the gunmen who were riding on
motorbikes, attacked the village along the
Maiduguri-Dikwa road, at about 6 a.m. on
Sunday and began to shoot sporadically forcing
villagers to flee into the bush. “They operated for about 3 hours because they
only left at about 9 a.m. when soldiers from
Maiduguri arrived the village” Mr. Sunoma said.
“They killed at least 8 persons, and I also learnt
they attacked vehicles along the road. I don’t
know if people died inside the bush. But many that sustained bullet injuries were able to drag
themselves back to the village.” Mr. Sunoma spoke to reporters at the Gamboru
motor park in Maiduguri. He said the attackers
had to flee using their bikes when soldiers
arrived the village from Maiduguri. The spokesman of the 7th Division of the
Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Aliyu Danja, could
not be contacted to confirm the incident at the
time of filing the report.