1 soldier, 6 others killed as Boko Haram storms Borno villages

Over six people including one soldier were killed in both Bam and Gajigana villages of Biu and Magumeri Local Government Areas of Borno State when suspected Boko Haram attacked the communities.

In the two attacks, while unspecified numbers of teenage girls were abducted in Bam village, scores of people were injured in Gajigana village after insurgents set ablaze shops and houses without confrontation.

Bam is about 7 kilometers away from Buratai village the home town of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai.

Buratai village has suffered series of Boko Haram attacks including the razing of a mansion owned by the Army General.

Similarly, Boko Haram terrorists attacked and burnt down Gajiganna village killing three persons including a soldier before carting away a lot of foodstuff.

Gajigana is north and about 50 kilometres drive from Maiduguri.

A member of the Civilian JTF from the area, Mallam Aliyu Jibrin,  said the insurgents who came at 8:30pm on Friday started shooting sporadically into the air to scare people, where they killed one man, one woman and a soldier before they carted away a lot of foodstuff after setting ablaze all the shops in the village.

“I believe it was a revenge mission, because recently, we arrested over 17 Boko Haram insurgents in the community and handed them over to the military. I am calling on the Federal government and the military authorities to do something about the pockets of insurgents in the bushes and villagers before they regroup and start attacking big towns and villages,” he stated.

He lamented that the attack on Gajigana could have been avoided if soldiers acted on the information at hand, but when they came the soldiers took to their heels without facing the insurgents.