Bama Local Government Area of Borno State were killed weekend,
while many others sustained gunshot wounds when some gunmen
suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect attacked
the community.
Apart from those who were either killed or maimed in the attack on
Gaidamgari, sources said that many houses, shops and vehicles were
also set ablaze just as most of the villagers were now taking refuge
in Bama town.
Security sources, which confirmed the story, said the attack took
place at about 10p.m. on Saturday, pointing out that “only 29 people
were killed with few residents sustaining injuries.”
This was even as the National Emergency Management Agency,
NEMA, yesterday said that over 15, 000 Internally Displaced
Persons, IDPs, were taking refuge in Biu and Goniri areas of the
state.
Boko Haram recruiting
However, members of the sect, who attacked Damboa on Friday for
the second time in two weeks, were reportedly looking for youths to
recruit. It was gathered that a large number of troops were
yesterday deployed to the surrounding villages and towns to
confront the terrorists.
At Gaidamgari, a source said: “On refusal of the community to allow
their children, particularly young boys of between the ages of 15 to
20 to be recruited into the Boko Haram group, the terrorists
mobilised and launched attacks on the village, killing over 60
people.”
According to the sources, the attackers invaded the village in
Toyota Hilux vehicles with Improvised Ex-plosive Devices and
wrecked havoc on defencless civilians.
In another development, about five motorists, including
passengers, were at the weekend ambushed along Bama Maiduguri
road by some terrorists.
A source at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital told
Vanguard that “five dead bodies were brought into the hospital
weekend, and preliminary investigations revealed that they were
victims of Boko Haram road ambush along Maiduguri Bama road.”
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