Bomb planted by terrorists kill 3 three vigilantes in Borno

Report said the vigilantes from Chul village in Borno state, were on a rescue mission to Huyum, a neighbouring village invaded by the terrorists when their vehicle hit a landmine.

The terrorists were believed to have planted the bombs to prevent or stall soldiers from coming to the rescue of the Hulum villagers.

“We lost three of our colleagues to a roadside bomb yesterday evening on their way to repel Boko Haram in Huyum,” a vigilante in the town of Askira Uba, Adamu Galadima, told AFP on Tuesday, March 15.

“The vigilantes were approaching Huyum, which was under Boko Haram attack, when the front tyre of their vehicle hit a bomb planted by the attackers,” said Galadima, who attended the victims’ funerals.

A resident of Huyum, Peter Malgwui, also confirmed the attack, saying, “Vigilantes from Chul heard of the attack and rushed to counter the Boko Haram gunmen when they hit the bomb, killing three and injuring seven.”

It was gathered that the terrorists attacked Huyum at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT), firing indiscriminately and forcing residents to flee into the bush.

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According to Malgwui, a woman was shot dead in the attack while a girl was shot and injured in the leg.

The gunmen, who travelled in an open van, were said to have come from nearby Sambisa forest, which has long been Boko Haram’s enclave and base.

On June 8 last year Boko Haram killed 15 in a sweeping raid on Huyum, torching the entire farming village using petrol after looting food supplies and livestock.

However, President Muhammadu Buhari, while speaking to potential foreign investors in Abuja on Monday, March 14, insisted that Nigeria has overcome Boko Haram insurgency.