Four persons, including a soldier have been reportedly killed in a raid by the terror group in both Bam and Gajigana villages of Biu and Magumeri local government areas of Borno state.
The deadly Islamic Boko Haram sect has reportedly killed no fewer than four persons and abducted unspecified numbers of teenage girls in Bam village, about 7 kilometers away from Buratai village, the home town of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai.
Mallam Ali Bam a resident of the area who fled to Miringa town, told a correspondent that the insurgents stormed the village at about 3:30am and set ablaze the whole village, after killing four people.
Bam said, "The Boko Haram terrorists after separating a lot of teenage girls from married women in Bam, set ablaze the whole village and fled with the girls unchallenged, as the attack lasted for some hours before they fled.
"I called on General Buratai to do something as we have been telling the soldiers that the Boko Haram were so close to the village, but they only went to Mangari village which is few kilometers away from Buratai and shot into the air and left.
"The soldiers don’t want to confront the terrorists, Buratai should better do something before they start attacking and sacking villages, as they were doing before."
A member of the Civilian JTF, Mallam Aliyu Jibrin, from the attacked area, noted sadly how the attack could have been avoided if soldiers had not taken to their heels, fleeing away without facing the insurgents.
"I believe it was a revenge mission, because recently, we arrested over 17 Boko Haram insurgents in the community and handed them over to the military.
I am calling on the Federal government and the military authorities to do something about the pockets of insurgents in the bushes and villagers before they regroup and start attacking big towns and villages," he said.