Boko Haram Gunmen Shoot 20 Dead in Borno State

 

Report from local sources have revealed that twenty persons were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Wednesday, October 21 on a road outside a village in Borno State.

 

According to AFP report, a large group of Boko Haram gunmen fleeing a military offensive on their camp in Nganzai district opened fire on four cars just outside Jingalta village, 70 kilometres north of Maiduguri, killing all 20 passengers inside, a vigilante and a villager said.

 

“We received information of an attack by Boko Haram gunmen on four cars near Jingalta village where they shot dead all 20 occupants of the vehicles before setting the cars ablaze,” said Babakura Kolo, a member of a local vigilante group assisting the military in fighting the terrorists Maiduguri.

 

The attack came as the Commanding Officer in charge of 28 Taskforce Battalion, Mubi, Adamawa, Brig.-Gen V. O. Ezugwu, on Wednesday, October 21, confirmed the killing of two members of the sect and the rescuing of 16 families in Madagali.