Boko
Haram members stormed a wake keep in Kuda-Kaya village, Madagali Local
Government Area, Adamawa on Thursday night.
After
the attack ,no fewer than 18 of the mourners, most of them women, were gunned
down by the extremists who were believed to have sneaked in from the
nearby Sambisa Forest, which is the operational and training base of the
terror sect.
Some
women were still missing at press time.
The
injured were rushed to Gulak Cottage Hospital for treatment.
It
is the second Boko Haram attack on the village, the first being last February.
The
rampaging terrorists, who rode on motorcycles, also set houses on fire and kept
shooting indiscriminately with no one available to resist them.
The
attack took place at about 5 p.m. on Thursday.
A
resident, Moses Kwagh, told Reuters that people wailed until three hours after
the attack and had then counted 18 women’s bodies.
The
Public Relations Officer of the state police command, DSP Othman Abubakar,
said: “So far, 18 people have been killed in the attack. But the number of the
casualties could be much higher.”
The
House of Representatives member from Michika/Madagali, Adamu Kamale, said the
number of casualties could not be immediately ascertained. But he said that
many residents were killed.
State
lawmaker Emmanuel Tsamdu told Reuters: “I am yet to get the details on how it
happened and the real number of people killed. I have sent hunters to go to the
area and get me the details because people are afraid to go to the village.”
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