Again over 20 killed in Boko Haram attack in village @ Sabon Gari along Damboa

Victims of Boko Haram attack, who were brought for medical attention at the Umaru Shehu Ultra Morden Hospital in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has said that over 20 people were killed when the sect members attacked their village in Sabon Gari along Damboa, Biu road.

According to Musa Malami, the attack, on Friday evening, also left many houses burnt when the suspected sect members invaded Sabon Gari Village of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

He said over 100 houses including shops, motorcycles and vehicles were involved, adding that the Sabon Gari main market was completely burnt down with millions of naira properties destroyed by the insurgents.

Also, an unconfirmed report has it that the villagers were able to killed two of the attackers with the assistance of some vigilance group members while three of the attackers who fled after the attack were equally arrested in Damboa town by some vigilance youths, popularly known as Civilian JTF.

A resident, who did not want his name mentioned in print told our correspondent that the terrorists invaded the community at about 11:35 pm using several motorcycles and some Hilux Toyota vehicles, and fired gunshots on fleeing residents, set houses, shops and vehicles ablaze.

Another resident, Malam Yahaya, told newsmen that,” we have seen what we have never dream of in this village, yesterday, in the night, at about 11: 34pm, when I and my family members have retired to bed, all of a sudden, we started hearing some people chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great), before opening sporadic gunshots on residents and setting ablaze of houses, shops and vehicles.