Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram Islamists invaded Izghe, a village in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday night killing dozens of people, this latest killings came barely a few hours before President Goodluck Jonathan reiterated his belief that Boko Haram activities represented Nigeria’s “share of the negative news” across the world.
Only last week Tuesday, the fundamentalists snuffed lives out of no fewer than 67 people in Konduga in Borno State. Late last month, the sect killed over 115 people, including worshippers, in two communities in Borno and Adamawa states.
The gunmen reportedly rounded up a group of men in Izghe, a largely Christian community and shot them during the attack that lasted about five hours.
Residents, who fled the area said some of the victims were shot, while others had their throats slit by the attackers who were chanting “Allah is great.”
According to an eye witness, Abubakar Usman, who spoke to Reuters; dead bodies of the victims were still littered in the streets
There were however conflicting casualty figures given by some prominent indigenes of the area.
While Ali Ndume, who represents the area in the Senate told the Agence France Presse that about 106 people were murdered, a resident put the fugure at 93.
“So far, from information I have received from Izghe, 106 people, including an old woman, have been killed by the attackers, suspected to be Boko Haram gunmen,” Ndume said.
The resident, Mallam Bulama, told journalists in Maiduguri, Borno State, that the Islamists, who were dressed in military uniform, invaded the community “killing 93 people, and inflicting injuries on several others.”
Bulama added that the terrorists who were about 100 came with sophisticated weapons and shot sporadically before setting many houses and shops ablaze.
Funeral rites were held for 52 Muslim victims at the central mosque in the nearby town of Madagali, mosque officials said.
According to another eyewitness “The attackers came around 9.30 pm in six trucks and some motorcycles. They were dressed in military uniform. They asked men to assemble at a place and then started hacking and slaughtering them,”
hmmmm,may their souls rest in perfect peace
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