Borno Community Decries Incessant Boko Haram Attacks, Count Losses

Residents of Kirawa successful Gwoza section authorities country of Borno State person decried caller continuous attacks by Boko Haram terrorists successful the country starring to nonaccomplishment of immoderate lives and spot and 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.

Kirawa is simply a transit way done wherever merchants transportation their goods from Borno to Cameroon and its bordering neighbours, arsenic good arsenic goods from Cameroon done Borno to different parts of Nigeria.
Our analogous reports that successful the archetypal attack, the terrorists dislodged the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) basal successful Kirawa mounted by Cameroonian soldiers, making 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 were acceptable ablaze by the terrorists betwixt Pulka-Kirawa Road.

In the caller and 3rd onslaught which occurred connected Monday night, 2 lives were mislaid arsenic the terrorists acceptable the palace of the territory caput of Kirawa, alongside 50 houses and shops, including heavy-duty 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, adding that retired of fear, earlier Governor Babagana Zulum mobilised Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), hunters and vigilantes to the community, they utilized to determination to Cameroon to slumber astatine nighttime and instrumentality successful the greeting to their community.

He said since the caller attacks, they person been struggling to provender from the emblematic nutrient donated to the community, 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 noted that since the Cameroonian soldiers from the MNJTF were dislodged astir a period ago, determination has been nary beingness of accepted security, particularly the Nigerian military, 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 the deployment of soldiers to the assemblage present that radical are picking up their lives backmost aft the destruction, saying that it has not been casual for his household since the latest attack, having mislaid his concern aft the terrorists burnt their shops.

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

For the territory caput of Kirwa, Abdulrahaman Abubakar, whose palace was acceptable ablaze by the terrorists, the large challenges his radical are facing are the lack of a infirmary which made them spell to Cameroon for attraction arsenic good arsenic a dilapidated roadworthy network, noting that the lone dispensary successful the assemblage was burnt by the terrorists alongside respective houses.

Speaking during his sympathy sojourn connected Friday to the radical of Kirawa, Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, regretted that 7 years aft the resettling of Kirawa community, the terrorists tried to shatter the bid the radical person been enjoying, hence helium reiterated his telephone for the deployment of soldiers to borderline communities similar Kirawa, successful the confederate portion of the authorities and Wulgo successful Borno Central and Baga, Damasak, Malam Fatori, among others, successful the bluish portion of the state.