Has Nigeria now been Pakistanized? Another report reaching us this morning has it that suspected members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect invaded three villages, Ngoshe, Kaigamari and Anchaka in Gwoza, Konduga and Bama Local Government Areas in Borno State over the weekend, killing about 98 people and setting ablaze several houses and shops.
They were also alleged to have destroyed telecommunications masts and other property worth millions of naira.
Ngoshe is located east of hilly Gwoza town between the Camerounian border with Nigeria, while Kaigamari is a remote settlement in Konduga, a town which has suffered several attacks by Boko Haram terrorists.
Gwoza is about 140 kilometres south, while Konduga is a 40-kilometre drive from Maiduguri, the state capital. It was gathered from a source that "the gunmen, armed with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), petrol bombs, AK 47 rifles and rocket propelled launchers (RPGs), invaded Ngoshe at about 10 pm on Saturday and opened fire on the already sleeping and unarmed residents, killing 30 of them and inflicting injuries on several others, before setting ablaze some residential houses".
Also in Kaigamari, no fewer than eight people were said to have been killed yesterday when another set of gunmen attacked the village and set ablaze some houses and shops.
An eyewitness, who was lucky to escape the attack in Ngoshe, Mallam Usman Jidda, told journalists in Maiduguri that the gunmen who were sighted some few days back in between the mountainous areas of Ngoshe and Limankara villages, had a field day without being confronted by security operatives in the area. A THISDAY EXTRACT.
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