Boko
Haram insurgents continue raiding the villages of the northeastern
Nigeria. Only yesterday the attacks were launched in Maikadiri, Kopa,
Maikadiri, Yaffa and Kwata Mai Tagarri.
Another witness, Markus Ali, said they had counted 21 corpses after the terrorists had fled.
Maina Ularamu, Madagali district head, disclosed that two other nearby villages were also attacked, with four people killed in Yaffa.
“The gunmen arrived on 10 motorbikes, two or three on each bike and attacked Kopa, Maikadiri and Yaffa… Now they have no limits and they are preying on their own community because of the pressure the army offensive has put on them… They attacked their community because they would not let them back when the army attacked their camps. Those who tried to come back were denounced and arrested by the authorities.”
Borno state police officer, who pleaded for anonymity, confirmed the attacks.
According to Sahara Reporters, at least 18 people were killed in a yesterday’s return attack on a small Borno community bordering with Adamawa state.
The information was disclosed by local vigilante who said that Kwata Mai Tagarri near Lassa in Askira-Uba LGA was raided by the insurgents in two vehicles and on a motorbike.
Dauda Yusuf said:
“They came exactly 6:30 a.m. and continued their operations till around 10 a.m., without anyone to challenge them. They killed at least 18 people… It is just unfortunate that when we are supposed to be farming, we are chased out from our homes.”
Another vigilante source lamented that there was practically no military presence in their area:
“We don’t have military presence in our villages except for Askira Uba town. It makes us vulnerable to the attackers. They have succeeded in almost wiping out our people.”
On the same day the Nigerian army recorded success in Borno state, where the military captured the town of Dikwa.
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