No fewer than two persons were reportedly killed in the night
of May 14, 2014, Wednesday, during a fresh attack by gunmen suspected
to be the members of Boko Haram sect in Ngawa Fate village, Borno.
Boko Haram members
The insurgents burnt down all but two houses in the village which is a few kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.
One
of the residents who spoke with BBC said, majority of the villagers had
abandoned the village and fled for their lives when they got news about
the impending attack.
Residents of Gamboru Ngala Local Government
Area of the state said they heard large explosions but had no idea if
it was coming from the insurgents or the Nigerian military and so they
stayed indoors in the early hours of Thursday for fear of the unknown.
According
to report, Boko Haram had attacked the Ngawa Fate last week, killing
over 150 people, setting cars, houses and public buildings ablaze.
Despite
the state of emergency in Borno and the number of Military men deployed
to the state, the Boko Haram has continued to wreck havoc there.
Last month, precisely April 14, they attacked Chibok community abducting over 200 girls from their school and the girls are yet to be found.
However the people of Borno have decided to fight against the insurgents. In the early hours of May 13, local residents attacked Boko Haram members
who tried to wreck havoc in the town of Rann, headquarters of
Kala/Balge LGA of the state. They killed about 200 terrorists while
about 35 were captured.
As Borno state continues to come under attack from the terrorists, President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday requested for the extension of the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa by another six months, a move which governors of the state have opposed.
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