Terrorists launch ‘serious’ attack on Borno village

Gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram on Monday unleashed terror on a village in Askira Uba local government area of Borno state, killing people and torching houses and churches.

The attack, which was said to have taken the villagers unawares, occurred in very early in the morning.

A resident of Askira Uba confirmed the attack to TheCable, but said the number of people affected by the attack could not be ascertained.

“This one just happened this morning. I had to escape with my family,” he said.

“I don’t know how many people  got killed, but it’s very serious.”

The latest attack comes a day after Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage advocate for the rights of women and children to education, arrived Nigeria to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan in a bid to reignite calls for the rescue of the Chibok girls abducted in April by Boko Haram.

In a meeting with relatives of the girls, Malala announced the donation of $200, 000 to girl child education in Nigeria.

Despite the best efforts of the Nigerian government and the international community, terrorist attacks have continued and there is hardly a week when the sect does not strike, particularly in the north-east part of the country.

While Monday’s attack was being executed, news was just filtering in that some suspected Boko Haram men attacked a village near Sabongari in Damboa Local government on Saturday evening, killing many people and bombing the bridge linking Borno to Gombe.