Not less than 45 villagers died on Wednesday after Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked in Azaya Kura village of Mafa local local government area of Borno State.
According to local sources, Boko Haram members who drove in in some number of trucks stormed the village at about 12 noon and started attacking the residents and destroyed many houses even as they carted away foodstuff, wares and livestock.
An official of the Nigeria Vigilante Group, Muhammed Gava, confirmed to LEADERSHIP by phone that “there was an attack and many people were killed, according to the reports we got from the Vigilante officials from that axis.”
Loading ...Jabir Usman, a local from the attacked community told reporters in Maiduguri that the terrorists had killed at least 45 persons, mostly able bodied men.
“From what we counted so far, 45 men have been killed and there are others that died in the bushes as due excessive bleeding after sustaining bullet injuries,” said Usman.
Alhaji Shettima Lawan, the caretaker chairman of Mafa Council said he visited Azaya Kura village yesterday to confirm the attack.
He lamented that “There is no compulsion in religion and I am still searching for motives behind mass killing and destruction by some people under the guise of entrenching certain religion. I wish to appeal to the Federal Government to take urgent steps and rescue our people from imminent extinction,” he said.
He said the residents of the attacked village has told him that over 50 motorcycles and four cars were al burnt by the attackers while four additional vehicles were taken away by the attackers.
“As you can see, more than half of the village have been destroyed…we are still picking our pieces and looking for our missing people, especially those who could not be seen in Maiduguri,” one of the elders said.
The chairman said corpses of the decapitated or shot persons were still being pulled out of the bushes to be prepared for burial.
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