Boko Haram insurgents
are currently attacking Makalama, a village in Gatamwarwa ward, Chibok local
government area of Borno state.
This is coming barely two
months after the insurgents attacked Mifa, also in Chibok, killing the village
head.
“They came in this night
(Sunday) through the nearby deserted Gogumdi village,” a Chibok resident told
TheCable.
“They started shooting
and people have been running to the bushes. Our troops here at 117 task force
battalion are getting set to move in now,” he added.
Makalama is about 21
kilometres away from Chibok town.
“Most of the villagers
are farmers who are in the harvest period. The insurgents came in and started
shooting and when villagers ran inside the bush, they started looting their
stores,” another Chibok resident told TheCable.
Sani Usman, army
spokesman, told TheCable that troops have responded to the attack.
He said: “Yes, there was
reported presence of suspected armed men in a village called Makalama, about 23
km from Chibok in which troops have responded. However, I will investigate
further.”
Although the military is
intensifying its effort in fighting the insurgents, Abubakar Elkanemi, shehu of
Borno, in November said the people of the state are still under Boko Haram
siege.
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