BREAKING NEWS: Several Feared Killed As Boko Haram Attack Borno State

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sects on Friday morning at about 5am, July 18 attacked Damboa LGA in Borno State, killing several people in the attack, according to Premium Times. The attack is coming a day after 27 people were reportedly killed by the sects in a twin attack on July 15 around 6pm in the Sabon Gari village of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state.

According to a vigilante official, Abbas Gava in Maiduguri who said he spoke with some of his men in the Damboa village said some youth vigilante group, known as Civilian-JTF, and few vigilante officials were available in Damboa to protect the people.

Mr Gava said: “Since the attack, Damboa has no police or soldiers”. “It is only the vigilantes that are there and we know their limitations. The casualty could be very high because my contacts in Damboa said they are still picking and piling the corpses. But many houses, nearly half of what remains of the several attacked town has been burnt.

Soldiers had reportedly deserted Damboa following several attacks on the military base by the Boko Haram sect as attempts by soldiers to return to Damboa military base since two weeks ago are said to have failed as the Boko Haram gunmen took over the highway and continued to engage soldiers in ambush attacks that have forced them to return to Maiduguri on two occasions.

A senior security personnel, who didnt reveal his name to PREMIUM TIMES said: “no details on extent of damage or casualty yet”.

Damboa local government area and Borno state as a whole has been under attacks by the Boko Haram sect in the past weeks. On July 5, it was reported that the Boko Haram sect attacked a military base and police Station in Damboa Local Government area of Borno State killing no fewer than 12 soldiers, 4 policemen including a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and four civilians.

The Boko Haram, an Islamist group has caused havocs in Nigeria especially in the Northern states through a wave of bombings, assassinations and abductions.

The sects who have claimed responsibility for several attacks have continued to carry out their incessant attacks on Borno communities despite a state of emergency in the state by the Federal Government.

On July 1, a bomb explosion occurred in Maiduguri, Borno State, which left 18 people and 55 severally injured.

On June 25, the suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed about 16 soldiers at a military block- post, Bulabulin Ngaura in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

Not forgetting the over 200 Chibok school girls abducted by the sects on April 14 in Borno state who are yet to be freed.

Damboa town is 85km south of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.