The highly dreaded Boko Haram sect has caused serious commotion in a Borno community after opening fire on a convoy.
File photo: Boko Haram gunmen
A new report by the Agence Presse Presse, AFP, has shown that as many as 20 people have been killed by Boko Haram on Monday.
According to the report, witnesses revealed that many people were
feared dead after the Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on a convoy of
motorists travelling under military escort in northeast Nigeria.
The exact toll from the ambush on the main road between Maiduguri
to Damboa on Saturday was unclear, with numbers varying from two to as
high as 15 and 24.
But according to travellers who survived the attack and local
rescuers, at least 15 trucks laden with food were seized when the
Islamists struck at the Korowaso forest on Saturday.
“The attackers appeared from the bushes as the convoy slowed
down at a part of the road riddled with potholes and opened fire on the
vehicles,” said one of the drivers, Idrissa Kyari.
“They killed 15 people and injured nine while many passengers
fled into the bush after subduing the military escorts. They also took
away 15 trucks carrying food into the bush.”
According to AFP, a teacher at the university who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said two students from of University of
Maiduguri were killed in the attack with three others injured.
Masida Umar, a civilian vigilante assisting the military against Boko Haram, said: “We evacuated 24 dead bodies and several injured to hospital.
“Many people fled into the bush and have not been seen despite deployment of a search team.”
Umar said there were fears Boko Haram may have captured those who fled.
The militia member said the rebels were believed to have launched the attack from Sambisa forest, which connects with Korowaso.
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