The Boko Haram insurgents have attacked two remote Borno
villages of Kolori and Ba’ana Imam on horseback killed 26
persons and injured six.
A leader of the youth vigilance group in Biu town, who spoke
anonymously to our correspondent on the telephone on
Wednesday, said the attacks on the villages in Damboa Local
Government Area was on Monday night.
According to him, many of the villagers fled to Biu on Tuesday,
a day after the attack.
He said, “The attack occurred on Monday evening. Some Boko
Haram fighters rode to Kolori on horses at about 5.35pm and
fired at residents in their houses.
“Accounts from the people that fled to Biu showed that 18
persons were killed at Kolori while eight were killed at Ba’ana
Imam village. More than 12 people were said to be injured.
“We were equally told that the insurgents carted away
foodstuffs, livestocks and looted their houses.”
It was also revealed that some of the fleeing residents of the two
communities went into an internally displaced persons. camp in
Biu for refuge. This could not however be confirmed from the
office of the National Emergency Management Agency in
Maiduguri as of the time of filing this report last night.
Damboa Local Government has been frequently attacked by the
insurgents who are holed inside the Sambisa Forest mainly
because it shares border with it.