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.
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
