Boko Haram insurgents reportedly attacked Borno state on Sallah day with scores of people feared dead. There is no official report from the Nigerian military yet on the details of the attack.
Members of Boko Haram attacked Monguno and Baga in the northern part of Borno state, killing many.
According to residents of the two local government taking refuge at Bakasi IDP camp, several people who returned home for Sallah were forced to return back to Maiduguri, but could not gain entrance as a result of restriction of vehicular movement for the Sallah in Maiduguri.
” We have to trek down from Shagari low cost to Bakasi last night because the soldiers could not allow us to come in with vehicle following the restriction for Sallah.
"I do not think this Boko Haram is over as government wants us to believe.” Mammadu Ibrahim who returned to camp told newsmen in Maiduguri.
Speaking on the attack, he said, ” We learnt that Baga was attacked at about 12 midnight and by 2am, we were attacked at Monguno.
"I do not know the number of casualties but certainly, many people were killed by the insurgents.”
It could be recalled that, suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri recently killed over 100 people.