Suspected members of the Boko Haram
sect have attacked Kwajafa village in
Borno State killing 24 persons and
injuring over a dozen others, a security
source has revealed.
They also set the village mosque on fire.
The source, who spoke on the condition
of anonymity, said the insurgents
stormed the village on Sunday evening.
He said, “The insurgents who rode to
the town in Volkswagen Golf cars on
Sunday evening, told the villagers that
they were there to preach. They
however opened fire on the people as
soon as they gathered an appreciable
number of the villagers in the village
square.”
He lamented that some of the residents
who were in a mosque at the time of
the attack were not spared as the
insurgents set them ablaze.
He said mostly killed were those who
could not immediately decipher that the
disguised preachers were Boko Haram
members on a deadly mission.
A nurse at the General Hospital, Biu,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity, said some injured persons
were brought to the hospital from
Kwajafa, some 35 kilometres away for
treatment.
The medical worker added that some of
the injured persons were treated in
other health facilities in Kwajafa.
It will be recalled that Kwajafa, which is
about 220 kilometres from Maiduguri,
has witnessed two major Boko Haram
attacks in the past.
Investigations revealed that past attacks
forced people to flee the village but
some of them returned after peace
returned to the community.
Meanwhile, the Borno State Accountant-
General, Hajiya Mairo Bunu, on Monday
appealed to donor agencies to mobilise
support for the rehabilitation of victims
of Boko Haram insurgency in the state.
Bunu made the appeal when she
presented some relief materials to
Governor Kashim Shettima for the
victims.
She said the Boko Haram insurgency
had resulted in mass destruction of
infrastructure which might be difficult
to rebuild without the support of the
international community.
Boko Haram Fighters Disguise As Preachers, Kill 24
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