Boko Haram raids another community in Borno

For the third time in three months, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), a faction of Boko Haram sect, invaded another community in Borno state, dislodging soldiers stationed in the village.

 According to residents of Gudumbali, Guzamala local government area of the state who took to their heels during the invasion, the insurgents looted food items and carted away gun trucks left behind by the fleeing soldiers.

It was gathered that some of the soldiers affected in the operation are currently taking refuge at a military location in Damasak, a nearby town. “Our troops have been dislodged in Gudumbali, and even Kukawa,” one of the soldiers in the theatre command had said.

While the military said it has intensified efforts to end the attacks, Abubakar Elkanemi, Shehu of Borno, recently said the people of the state are still under the insurgents’ siege.

“Nobody can dare move out of Maiduguri by 10 kilometres without being confronted, attacked by Boko Haram,” he had said when President Muhammadu Buhari visited last month.

“Quite a number of farmers are being killed and kidnapped on a daily basis around Molai General Area, which is just 10 kilometres away from the metropolis, along Maiduguri -Damboa -Biu road.”