BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) – Twenty-eight persons have been reportedly killed by Boko Haram in two separate attacks on villages in Borno State.
According to Jimoh Mohammed, a member of the youth vigilance group, who spoke with THEWILL on phone from Maiduguri, the insurgents rode on motorcycles to attack a remote village of Yakhari in Damboa local government at about 9:30am on Saturday, killing about 20 persons.
He revealed that it was the members of the youth vigilance group, who fled from the attack to Biu, a major town in the Southern part of the state, that called Maiduguri to tell them of the attack.
“We were told on phone from Biu town that the attackers came in the early hours of Saturday and slain the helpless villagers in cold blood,” he said.
Mohammed revealed that the insurgents, after the attack marauded the village carting away all their foodstuffs and cattle.
In the other attack, Mohammed said the insurgents stormed Kachifa village, about four kilometres away from Damboa, late Friday night, killed eight persons and razed down the entire village.
Mohammed said the insurgents equally looted Kachifa of all their foodstuffs
Story by David Oputah
