2 killed, palace, houses razed in Borno

…After Boko Haram invasion

…Bandits onslaught successful Niger State again; kidnap Electoral Commissioner, erstwhile SUBEB Chairman, 30 different commuters

By Ndahi Marama & Wole Mosadomi

Maiduguri—Boko Haram terrorists, Monday night, invaded Kirawa, a borderline assemblage with Cameroon Republic, successful Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, and killed 1 civilian, portion different antheral nonmigratory was abducted.

The terrorists besides acceptable ablaze respective houses, including the palace of the District Head of Kirawa, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Abubakar, shops and different structures.

Many residents who fled into Camerounian communities for information lauded the efforts of immoderate members of Civilian Joint Task Force and hunters, who played greater relation successful repelling the attack, which besides led to the sidesplitting of 1 of the attackers.

Kirawa had a Camerounian Military Base, but it was dislodged during an onslaught fewer months ago.
Just 3 days ago, immoderate terrorists laid ambush on Kirawa-Pulka roadworthy and killed 1 subordinate of Civilian Joint Task Force aft mounting ablaze six vehicles.

Confirming the incident, yesterday, Senator Ali Ndume, representing Southern Borno, said: “The renewed Boko Haram attacks successful Kirawa and different communities person became a root of interest and frustrating, arsenic galore resilient Internally Displaced Persons person returned to their ancestral homes that were facilitated and supported by Governor Babagana Zulum.”

Commending efforts of the Nigerian troops successful the combat against Boko Haram/ISWAP successful the North East, Senator Ndume, a erstwhile Chairman Senate Committee connected Army appealed to the subject authorities to “deploy much troops and oregon platoons successful the affected areas of Kirawa, Ngoshe, Agapalwa, Chikide among different susceptible communities.”

He reiterated his telephone connected the Federal Government and the Nigerian Military to deploy drones, Attack Helicopters, arsenic good arsenic usage Technology, Equipment, Arms and Ammunition, Motivation, TEAAM, which is the lone mode to extremity the implicit a decennary Boko Haram atrocities successful Borno, North East and different parts of the country.

Bandits onslaught successful Niger again; kidnap Electoral Commissioner, erstwhile SUBEB Chairman, 30 different commuters

In a related development, bandits person struck again successful Niger State, kidnapping 30 persons, including a commissioner successful the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission, NSIEC, his operator and a erstwhile Chairman of the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board, NSUBEB, (names withheld).

The commissioner and the erstwhile Chairman of NSUBEB, it was gathered were traveling successful their abstracted vehicles portion the others abducted were said to beryllium traveling successful 3 antithetic commercialized Sharon buses erstwhile the bandits struck.

The incidental occured on New Bussa, office of Borgu Local Government Area of the state, Monday evening.

Vanguard gathered that the passengers were returning to New Bussa, office of Borgu assembly erstwhile the bandits struck astir the Ibbi National Park on the Zugurma- Ibbi road.

The gunmen according to an oculus witnesser were implicit 100 and abruptly took to the road and started shooting sporadically into the aerial to scare distant radical earlier escaping with their victims into the forest.

“Before taking to the highway, the bandits had archetypal demobilised the policemen stationed astatine the entranceway to the National park.

“Some farmers moving connected their farms instantly went into hiding but aboriginal came retired aft the gunshots had gone down and saw the vehicles successful which the victims were traveling abandoned connected the roadworthy broadside and raised an alarm.

“Because of the fig of the bandits, nary assistance could beryllium rendered by the villagers,” the oculus witnesser declared.

When contacted, the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun confirmed the development.

According to him, “The bandits had archetypal attacked and destroyed 2 constabulary patrol vehicles.

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