Boko Haram Kill 30 In Borno Villages

At least 30 people were reportedly killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on May 22 in 3 villages situated in Marte LGA, Borno State.

The first attack claiming lives of 20 people was said to have been lunched on Kirenowa town, Punch reports. According to the locals, numerous gunmen were shooting sporadically and setting property ablaze.

Town resident Mallam Goni Bukar was quoted saying:

"The militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, raided the area and proceeded to the major market and began sporadic shootings into the crowd, killing 20 people on the spot and burning most of the houses and shops in the town."

He added that during the slaughter lasting for about 5 hours there were no security operatives around.

Community traditional ruler, who pleaded anonymity, said that more then 60 houses were burnt, lamenting that despite the fact they had previously alerted the authorities about the need to have military troops in their area, this yielded no results.

"Immediately after the Gamboru Ngala attack where over 300 people were killed, we urged the security agents to deploy their personnel but our appeal fell on deaf ears."

It would be recalled that both Chambers of the National Assembly have recently approved the requested extension of emergency rule in the mostly affected by insurgency Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states for 6 more months. Meanwhile according to data provided by Punch the latest attack brings the number of terrorist victims killed in the last 5 days in the troubled states to 98.

Source: Legit.ng