No fewer than six innocent Nigerians have were killed by the Boko Haram insurgents in Madagali LGA of Adamawa State during a midnight attack in the area, while eight others escaped with injuries.
A fleeing resident, Musa Tela, told Leadership via phone that the terrorists came to
area at about 12:30am on Sunday breaking Monday and launched attack on residents.
He added that the sect members killed about 6 persons and burnt two houses of prominent personalities in the area. 8 others sustained varying degree of injuries in their bid to escape the onslaught.
Another resident of the area who simply identify himself as Mallam Ahmadu, said the early morning attack has left them demoralized as the insurgents had a field day without a challenge.
Efforts to get military’s reaction a press time proved difficult.
But a member representing Madagali and Michika constituency at the House of Reps, Hon Adamu Kamale, confirmed the incident.
“We are in mourning now, they slaughtered 6 people, 8 seriously injured. The fact that our area share borders with Sambisa forest and Cameroon republic should have been enough reason why government must deploy security personnel to protect us. If the government does not take proactive measures to stem the ugly insurrection, they will kill all of us.
“The number of soldiers deployed is grossly inadequate, we need more security personnel as our villages share borders with Sambisa forest,” the lawmaker said.
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