Borno Community Decries Boko Haram Attacks, Counts Losses

Residents of Kirawa successful Gwoza section authorities country of Borno State person decried continuous attacks connected the assemblage by Boko Haram terrorists, starring to nonaccomplishment of immoderate lives and spot with displacement of radical from their homes.

Kirawa is astir 22km from Gwoza, the office of Gwoza section authorities country and astir 112km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Our analogous reports terrorists dislodged the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) basal successful Kirawa mounted by Cameroonian soldiers successful the archetypal attack, forcing the residents to fly to Cameroon for safety, portion successful the 2nd attack, a apical Civilian Joint Task Force subordinate was killed and astir six vehicles loaded with goods and workplace nutrient acceptable ablaze betwixt Pulka – Kirawa Road.

In the caller and 3rd onslaught which occurred past Monday, 2 lives were mislaid arsenic the terrorists acceptable the palace of the territory caput of Kirawa alongside 50 houses and shops ablaze, including dense work instrumentality utilized successful grading the dilapidated Kirawa Road by the Borno State Government.

Lamenting their predicament, a nonmigratory of Kirwa, Mohammed Abubakar, said the terrorists burnt down astir of their houses and shops.

Abubakar added that hunters and vigilantes were starring residents to Cameroon to slumber astatine nighttime and instrumentality successful the greeting to their assemblage retired of fearfulness earlier Governor Babagana Zulum mobilised Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) to the area.

He said the radical person been struggling to provender from the communal nutrient donated to the assemblage since the caller attacks arsenic astir of their businesses were destroyed by the terrorists, adding that their contiguous request is the deployment of soldiers to the assemblage to warrant their safety.

Abubakar stressed that since the Cameroonian soldiers from the MNJTF were dislodged astir a period ago, determination person been nary beingness of accepted security, particularly the Nigerian subject successful the community.

In the aforesaid vein, 48-year-old Baba Kyari Shettima, a begetter of 11 children with 2 wives commended Governor Zulum for mobilising members of the CJTF, hunters and vigilantes to physique the assurance of the radical against the invading Boko Haram terrorists.

Shettima further called for deployment of soldiers to the assemblage present that radical were picking up their lives backmost aft the destructions.

He added that it has not been casual for his household since the latest onslaught aft losing his concern aft the terrorists burnt their shops.

In the aforesaid sentiment, Zara Mohammed, a parent of 9 children recalled however the Boko Haram terrorists person attacked the assemblage thrice, sidesplitting and burning property, saying assistance person not been coming their mode successful each these attacks earlier the coming of the Governor who provided nutrient for them.

“We privation soldiers to travel to our rescue, we request soldiers truthful that we tin enactment successful our assemblage and halt fleeing to Cameroon whenever the terrorists attacked.

“In the nighttime we bash determination to a schoolhouse successful Cameroon oregon nether trees wherever they utilized to bring nutrient for us. But with the mobilisation of section information to the assemblage by the Governor, we person been successful the community,” she said.

For the territory caput of Kirawa, Abdulrahaman Abubakar whose palace was besides acceptable ablaze, identified lack of infirmary and dilapidated roads arsenic large challenges facing his people.

Speaking during a sympathy sojourn to the assemblage connected Friday, Governor Zulum regretted that 7 years aft the resettling of Kirawa community, the terrorists tried to disrupt the bid the radical were enjoying.

Zulum reiterated his telephone for the deployment of soldiers to borderline communities similar Kirawa, Wulgo, Baga, Damasak, Malam Fatori, among others.

“About 7 years ago, we built caller school, fortunately the schoolhouse is intact, but the dispensary built was burnt down by the terrorists. I privation to guarantee the radical that we volition rebuild the burnt dispensary to a befitting General Hospital. We volition rehabilitate each the houses that were destroyed. We look into the anticipation of compensating members of the assemblage that person mislaid their property,” the Governor said.

He besides promised to drill boreholes successful the assemblage and people the dilapidated roadworthy for casual question of persons goods and spot arsenic good arsenic equipping the CJTF, hunters and the information agencies with modern exertion required successful tackling the terrorists.