At least 40 villagers were killed and several others injured
yesterday Saturday May 17th as Boko Haram gunmen attacked
Dalwa-Masuba village in Damboa LGA of Borno State,
Premium Times reports.
Security sources and a witness said the gunmen stormed the
village in large numbers and burnt down virtually all buildings
in the village as well as three pickup vans carrying woods to
Damboa.
A member of the vigilante in Dalwa-Masuba, who spoke
to journalists in Maiduguri on phone, said no security
personnel had reached the attacked town at the time he
was speaking. “We were on patrol somewhere near
Damboa when we heard about the attack from some of
the villagers who ran from the village”, said the source.
“We had to drive to the town on our patrol van; we met
the entire village on fire, and about 40 persons dead,
there were bodies all over the place; three firewood
pickups were also set ablaze.”
The police and the military in Borno are yet to formally
confirm the attack, although security sources in Maiduguri, the
state capital, said they had been briefed of the attack.
Dalwa-Masuba is a farming community 40km away from
Damboa Town and about 80km south-west of Maiduguri.
Source: Premium Times
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