The dreaded Boko Haram sect has killed 25 persons at the
outskirts of Maiduguri, a member of youth vigilance group,
Abba Izge, told our correspondent on the telephone on
Tuesday in Maiduguri.
Izge said over a hundred Boko Haram militants stormed
Mainok village in Konduga Local Government of Borno
State, North-East Nigeria on Monday at about 6pm, killing
residents at will in a siege that was on four over three
hours.
He said the vehicles that were trapped in Mainok, along
Maiduguri/Damaturu highways, were not spared as they
were set ablaze by the hoodlums.
Izge said, “More than 30 vehicles that were trapped were
burnt down as well as hundreds of homes.
Mainok village is about 45 kilometres away from Maiduguri,
the Borno State capital.
He said, “The entire town was left to mourn the dead and
bury their lost ones; some of them burnt beyond
recognition.
“Some of the foodstuffs of the villagers were carted away.”
He said some people have not been seen after the attack
on the town, which has made many to be apprehensive
that perhaps they might have gone away with them with
the mission to forcefully conscript them.
Meanwhile, the United States Government has said that
the brutality of Boko Haram knows no bounds in view of
the recent attacks by the insurgents across the countries
in the West African region.
The US also condemned in strong terms the recent killings
of innocent people by Boko Haram. The terrorist group’s
latest violent attacks were carried out on Chad, Cameroon,
Niger and Nigeria.
In a statement made available to our correspondent on
Tuesday by the US Embassy in Nigeria, the US Department
of State’s spokesperson, John Kirby, stated that the US
strongly condemned the “horrific and indiscriminate” Boko
Haram suicide attacks on the Grand Marche in the Chadian
capital of N’Djamena on Saturday, as well as attacks in
Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria “over the past two days.”
The statement said, “Boko Haram’s targeting of men,
women and children highlights that the group’s brutality
and barbarism know no bounds, and we remain committed
to working closely with the region to root out the threat
posed by the group.”
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Cc: ishilove

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