MAIDUGURI—At least 68 people were
killed while several others sustained
injuries as Boko Haram insurgents
invaded Baanu Village in Nganzai
local government area of Borno State
on Friday night
A resident of the area, Yuram Musa,
who fled to Maiduguri to avoid the
attack, said the insurgents came on
horses at about 8:30 shooting
sporadically and killing everyone they
came across.
He said: “We had to flee into the
bush and hide and after they left, we
return back to pick some of our
belongings. I counted 68 corpses,
some were slaughtered, while others
were with gunshot wounds. The
number of those killed is worrisome
as corpses littered the streets of the
village.
“Government should do something,
otherwise, these Boko Haram
members will continue to kill
innocent citizens. Every surrounded
villages, which is five kilometres
away from Gajiram, the headquarters
of Nganzai, had been taken over by
the insurgents, as most of them are
residing around the area.’’
Confirming the attack, the Borno
State governor, Kashim Shettima,
while addressing the parents of the
abducted Chibok girls over the
weekend, said the insurgents killed
56 persons at Nganzai village.
“The Boko Haram crisis is a calamity
that befalls us as the insurgents do
not discriminate whether somebody
is Christian or a Muslim nor tribal
affiliations.
“Just yesterday, they killed 56 people
at Baanu village of Nganzai local
government. As I am speaking to
you, their corpses are still littered on
the streets of the village,” the
governor said.
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