Boko Haram kills three in Borno community’s attack

•Eight injured
•NEMA registers 4,000 IDPs
Three people were killed and eight others
injured at the weekend when suspected Boko
Haram members attacked residents of Bama
Local Government Area of Borno State.
The insurgents reportedly stormed some homes
of the residents, using knives and machetes on
their victims, instead of the usual guns,
apparently to evade security operatives and
youth vigilantes, called “Civilian JTF”.
The youths have been hunting down the
insurgents for some time.
Bama is a transit town of about 67 kilometres
from Maiduguri, the state capital. It is
believed to be one of the strongholds of the
insurgents in the state.
The area has witnessed series of coordinated
attacks which have resulted in massive loss of
life and property.
A security source told our reporters that the
insurgents resorted to using knives to slit their
victims’ throats.
This, it was learnt, is a quiet way to kill their
victims without using the gun, which makes
loud noise and attract security agencies and
the young vigilantes.
The security agencies assured the residents
that they would soon end insurgency in the
state.
A resident in Bama, who spoke in confidence,
told our reporter that the remains of the three
victims have been buried in the town. The
injured are receiving treatment at the
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
(UMTH).
A nurse at the UMTH confirmed the incident.
She said the eight injured victims were
responding to treatment.
Police spokesman, Gideon Jubrin, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) and his
counterpart for the military Joint Task Force
(JTF), Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, could not be reached
for comments because of the suspension of
telecommunications services and the state of
emergency in the state.
The National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) said it has registered over 4,000
internally displaced persons (IDPs) following
last week’s attack on Dumba village, near Baga,
Borno State.
A statement by the NEMA’s Information Officer
for the Northeast, Mallam Abdulkadir Ibrahim,
said the IDPs were registered in Baga.
The statement explained that those registered
are mostly fishermen and farmers from Dumba
village in Kukawa Local Government Area.
The area was attacked by the insurgents on
August 20.
Ibrahim said the Zonal Co-ordinator of the
agency, Alhaji Muhammed Kanar, led the team
to register the IDPs at the Central Primary
School in Baga.

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