Chat 212 - News Summary...
- Gunmen killing 10 residents, including three vigilance youths popularly called civilian JTF.
- Among killings are civilians, soldiers, policemen and prison warders.
- Also saw some buildings being consumed by fire.
Chat 212 - Newsmail Report...
Barely 24 hours after suspected members of the Boko Haram sect attacked a boarder community between Dikwa- Gamboru Ngala and Cameroun Republic, killing over 20 peoples, another group of gunmen has swinvaded Kawuri District and Fori village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing 10 residents, including three vigilance youths popularly called civilian JTF. Kawuri District, one of the communities in Konduga Local Government Area, is located along the Maiduguri- Bama Federal Highway.
The community is about 60 kilometres from Maiduguri and 20 kilometres to Bama Local Government Area which had witnessed series of attacks and killings of civilians, soldiers, policemen and prison warders.
A woman, who simply gave her name as Madam Hauwa Musa, told journalists that she was among the early passengers from Mubi town to Maiduguri a day after the attack in Kawuri villages.
She said: “Yes I was among the passengers that boarded a taxi from Mubi to Maiduguri and when we reached the villages along the main road, we saw some buildings being consumed by fire with the presence of security operatives and men of the vigilance youth popularly addressed as civilian JTF in the village not quite long after the attackers have fled into the bush.” The gunmen also succeeded in setting ablaze some residential houses and public building such as clinic and a primary school.
According to an unconfirmed report, the 30 gunmen, using two Hilux vehicles and motorcycles with arms and ammunition, stormed the village at about 3:0am at the weekend and ordered residents out of their houses before they opened fire on them. The attackers also threw explosives on some private and public structures.
It was gathered that the three vigilance youths killed were on their way to arrest the gunmen, who fled the area after the attack, before they were shot dead in a bush at Fori village by the attackers.
Owing to lack of telecommunication services in Borno State for the past four months, both the acting spokesman of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Captain Aliyu Danja and the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Gideon Jubrin, could not be reached for confirmation as at the time of filing in this report.
