IN another daring operation, members of
the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday night killed about 300
people in Gamboru Ngala, Borno State. Gamboru Ngala is a border town
with Cameroon.
The Boko Haram insurgents also abducted
11 more girls in Warabe and Wala communities in the Chibok Local
Government Area of Borno State late on Monday.
Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is
representing the area in the Senate, confirmed the killings. He said the
invaders spent about 12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless Nigerians.
He claimed that the attackers were armed
with dangerous weapons comprising Armoured Personnel Carrier,
Improvised Explosive Devices, petrol bombs, assault rifles and Rocket
Propelled Launchers.
“The attackers stormed the communities
in the night when residents were still sleeping, setting ablaze houses
and shooting residents who tried to escape from the fire,’’ he said.
He added, “About 300 persons were
confirmed dead after the incident, with several others injured. Almost
all the houses in the communities were destroyed by the hoodlums who
threw IEDs at the buildings.
“My brother who was at the scene of the
attack told me that the actual number of the dead cannot be ascertained
but at least they are up to 300. In fact, as he spoke he wept following
the high number of the dead bodies which littered the market.”
According to him, the security forces
earlier deployed in the area, had moved to the Lake Chad axis when they
received intelligence report that some gunmen were sighted with abducted
schoolgirls moving to the area.
“It was just an hour after their
withdrawal that the terrorists invaded the town, shooting everyone at
sight and setting buildings on fire. So far 200 vehicles and thousands
of houses, shops and an outfit of the Nigerian Customs Service, (NCS)
were all burnt”, he explained.
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