A Senator representing Borno Senatorial District, Ahmed Zannah, has disclosed that about 210 persons were killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorist group. He said the attacks on his people happened between Thursday and Friday.
Zannah claimed that the men who carried out the invasions were clothed in military uniforms and later escaped into the bush through the night. The lawmaker explained that some of the victims were those going for the JAMB exams in Gwoza, Dikwa, Gambulga and Kala Balge communities.
“There was a siege on one of the schools in Dikwa town just after midnight on Thursday. I got to know from my people in the area that the hoodlums attacked a school, killed three teachers and two security men on duty; they also razed the school library and escaped into the night through the bushes,” Zannah narrated.
“It is a must for me to speak since the people lives are involved and they are my people. All these are happening in my constituency and it will be wrong to keep quiet. I feel so much pained and would not have spoken but definitely my conscience will not let me do that,” the lawmaker added.
He stated that the gunmen stormed the village in seven pickup vans and two armoured personnel cars. Explaining further, Zannah noted that a Teachers College in Dikwa was touched by the gunmen, while the school library and administrative blocks were also not spared as they by burnt by the terrorists.
About 60 persons were killed in Kala Balge, while 150 others met their untimely death in three other communities.
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