No fewer than 20 persons were
killed yesterday, while 10 others were injured
when gunmen suspected to be members of the
Boko Haram insurgency group launched an
attack on Logomani village in Dikwa Local
Government Area of Borno State. Dikwa is about 65 kilometres away from
Maiduguri, where series of terrorists’ attacks
and killings had occurred in recent times.
Soldiers were said to have later pursued the
insurgents into the forest around Ngamboru
Ngala. Bukar Alhaji Gana, a native of Logomani, said
that about a week before the attack, there was
a rumour that some members of the sect were
seen heading towards Marte area, where a
terrorist camp was located before it was
destroyed by the Joint Task Force, JTF. He said: “We were told that some of the Boko
Haram sect members came around and warned
some people, but left almost immediately
towards Marte, close to Lake Chad Basin.” It was learnt that the attackers, dressed in
military uniforms, also left with some of the
women and also collected money from some of
the truck drivers in the area. A passenger who narrowly escaped death, told
newsmen that the attackers shot three
passengers and slaughtered 14 people before
someone alerted them that soldiers were
coming. They fled on their motorcycles into the
bush. At press time, there was no report from the
military authorities on the issue as the acting
spokesman of the 7 Division Nigerian Army,
Captain Aliyu Danja, could not be reached for
comments.
killed yesterday, while 10 others were injured
when gunmen suspected to be members of the
Boko Haram insurgency group launched an
attack on Logomani village in Dikwa Local
Government Area of Borno State. Dikwa is about 65 kilometres away from
Maiduguri, where series of terrorists’ attacks
and killings had occurred in recent times.
Soldiers were said to have later pursued the
insurgents into the forest around Ngamboru
Ngala. Bukar Alhaji Gana, a native of Logomani, said
that about a week before the attack, there was
a rumour that some members of the sect were
seen heading towards Marte area, where a
terrorist camp was located before it was
destroyed by the Joint Task Force, JTF. He said: “We were told that some of the Boko
Haram sect members came around and warned
some people, but left almost immediately
towards Marte, close to Lake Chad Basin.” It was learnt that the attackers, dressed in
military uniforms, also left with some of the
women and also collected money from some of
the truck drivers in the area. A passenger who narrowly escaped death, told
newsmen that the attackers shot three
passengers and slaughtered 14 people before
someone alerted them that soldiers were
coming. They fled on their motorcycles into the
bush. At press time, there was no report from the
military authorities on the issue as the acting
spokesman of the 7 Division Nigerian Army,
Captain Aliyu Danja, could not be reached for
comments.
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