Boko Haram killed 93 people near my home – Borno Senator
A senator representing Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume, on Wednesday, narrated how Boko Haram insurgents killed 93 people in his home town of Gwoza within a single day.
Ndume said this in a town hall meeting organised by the Senate committee on special duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri, Borno State.
According to him some militants dressed as soldiers invaded and killed hundreds in four villages in Gwoza.
He explained that despite being a senator he still finds it unsafe to go to his hometown, Gwoza due to the fear of concurrent insurgent attack
Narrating how some residents in his vicinity were brutally murdered by the militants, he said, “The dead include 75 elders – 73 of whom were taken into an abattoir and slaughtered, and another 20 almajirai near his home were shot dead. The town came under heavy Boko Haram attack in 2014, with hundreds killed”.
He finally extolled the security agencies noting that the alarming increase in the number of attacks recorded in the state is worrisome.
“Our security agencies are trying their efforts, and we have to give it to them. But the situation is overwhelming and worrisome. People are dying every day, either by hunger or attacks from insurgents. We have lost many lives here.”
