Over 300
people have been killed in a fresh attack in the early hours of Tuesday morning
as Boko Haram members stormed Gamborou Ngala town in Borno State, after
diverting the focus of the military men and the security forces deployed to the
area to protect the state.
Report holds
that the soldiers moved to the Lake Chad axis when they received intelligence
report that some gunmen were sighted with abducted school girls moving to the
area. The soldiers decided to leave the town for Lake Chad to confront them,
but Boko Haram struck just an hour after Soldiers left the community.
They invaded
the community by night while people were already sleeping. They started burning
houses and shops and those who tried to escape from the burning houses were
shot dead. At least 300 people were confirmed dead with thousands of houses
burnt and 200 cars destroyed. They didn't atatck the villages but came to town.
They shot everyone at sight. An outfit of the Nigerian Customs Service was also
burnt. They spent 12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless civilians, Senator
Ahmed Zannah, who is from the area told BBC Hausa.
It was also
reported that the attackers were armed with dangerous weapons comprising of
Armored Personnel Carries , (APC), Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs), petrol
bombs, assault rifles and Rocket Propelled Launchers (RPGs).
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