At least five communities of Ladin Buta near Khaddamari village of
Jere Local Government Area of Borno state have been taken over and
destroyed by suspected members of dreaded boko haram sect who were armed
with Ak47 rifles and petrol bombs including Improvised Explosive
Devices (IEDs).
Sources said. Jere Council headquarters is north
east and just about 7 km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital. This
development is coming barely three days when two out of the five
displaced emirs of Askira/Uba Local Government Area returned to their
domain after spending two years in Maiduguri due to Boko Haram attacks.
The
sect members, according to reliable security source and fleeing
residents, invaded the communities around 7pm on Tuesday and set ablaze
many houses after killing 13 residents and injurying scores of others.
Khaddamari
village is an outskirt north and a stone throw community to Maiduguri
Metropolis which has suffered series of Boko Haram’s attacks in the
past. A policeman attached to Jere Division who did not want his name
mentioned confirmed the deadly attack and destruction of houses in the
communities, according to him, he was at his duty post when they
received a distress call that Boko Haram sect had invaded the
surrounding communities of Khaddamari.
He said, they were
helpless as there were no reinforcement from the military to repel the
night attack, pointing out that, until this morning (Wednesday) that the
Divisional Police Officer ordered his men to visit the areas. The
police source revealed that after visiting the scene of the incident,
the police recovered 13 dead bodies of residents with scores injured
with bullet wounds and burns they sustained from the rampaging sect,
adding that almost all the houses and structures in the affected
communities were destroyed with no any arrest. All effort to get
confirmation from both police or military authorities proves abortive at
press time. Details later.
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