The GANGS of suspected Boko Haram gunmen yesterday evening attacked Adawari village, near Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, killing scores of people.
According to an eyewitness from the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Maiduguri, the terrorists had, by 6.00 pm, advanced to Polo and Jidari wards before troops quickly rallied with reinforcements from other military formations of the metropolis to repel the insurgents .
Earlier on Christmas day (Friday), 15 residents of Kimba village in Biu Local Council of Borno State were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists who set several houses and shops ablaze.
Seven others were abducted.
Kimba is a herding and farming community, 150 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the state capital.
Besides, troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested seven suspected Boko Haram members, known to be experts in making IEDs, on a suicide mission in Kaduna State.
A member of CJTF Hassan Isa, in a telephone interview yesterday in Maiduguri said: “We first sighted the Boko Haram gunmen at about 5pm Sunday advancing towards Adawari village through the dirt road, but some us thought they were traders returning from tomato farms to Maiduguri metropolis.
Five minutes later, we saw the village go up in flames, while the people near the village started to run for safety.
“I heard multiple explosions in the village and alerted the soldiers in this sector, comprising Polo and Jiddari wards to be on alert. As I speak to you sir, the soldiers have taken cover, along the trenches dug around the affected areas of Maiduguri to repel the advancing insurgents.
The villager that I spoke told me that scores of people were killed, while others fled towards Polo for safety.
“The gunshots and explosions in the village also scared many Polo residents , including motorists to flee in droves towards the Government Reservation Area (GRA). That was, before some soldiers in patrol vehicles and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) took cover on the fringes of Maiduguri metropolis.
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