At least 45 people have reportedly been killed
after suspected members of the outlawed Boko
Haram sect attacked Dille village in Borno
State.
The terrorists are said to have attacked several
houses, razed 3 churches including the Church
of Brethern in Nigeria, EYN, as well as shops in
the village driving some villagers flee into
nearby hills for safety.
According to some villagers, the terrorists came
in a convoy of more than 20 four-wheel drive
cars and motorcycles.
One of the villagers who spoke to journalists in
Maiduguri, said the alleged terrorists, on
arriving the village, started shooting
sporadically and indiscriminately at everyone in
sight.
“Some of us had to flee into the nearby hills for
safety, because the insurgents do not spare any
person in their attacks and killings in the last
three or four months,” he said.
“Monday’s attacks and killings bring to five
other villages being attacked by Boko Haram
gunmen, without being arrested by the military
or police since January.”
He lamented that among the people killed by
the insurgents were those they considered as
informants to the military.
“We were caught unawares by the gunmen’s
dawn attacks, because most of us were asleep
by then; when we started to hear people
chanting God is great in Arabic; and their
gunshots we were awe stricken.
They also burnt down our houses and locked
up shops with petrol bombs.”
A vigilante in the village, Amos Yohanna, also
revealed to journalists that more people were
coming down from the hills, while those that
fled into nearby bushes, were converging at the
market square, before fleeing to Lassa about 20
kilometers away for safety because the
insurgents may attack again.
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