Terrorists Kill 45 In Borno

According to reports, Boko Haram terrorists have killed 45 people in Borno State.

The attack occurred at about 12pm on Wednesday, November 19, in the Mafa area of the state.

The incident was confirmed by witnesses and residents with the chairman of Mafa Local Government Area, Shettima Lawan, calling it “wicked and despicable”

A resident, identified simply as Jabiru said:

“So far, 45 men have been killed and there are others that died in the bushes as a result of bleeding from bullet wounds.”

The casualty figure was corroborated by village chief Mallam Bulama who said:

“We counted 45 bodies at the end of the attack.”

“The attackers destroyed more than half of the houses in our village, burnt over 50 motorcycles and four cars before they took away foodstuff and animals,”  a trader, Musa Abbani, added

Lawan, on Thursday, November 20, said:

“How can some people be so wicked to kill innocent people, 45 people at once without any confrontation?”

“There is no compulsion in religion and I am still searching for the motive behind mass killing and destruction by some people under the guise of entrenching certain religion.”

“I wish to appeal to the Federal Government to take urgent steps and rescue our people from imminent extinction,” he concluded.

The surviving villagers, consisting mostly of elderly people, are currently rallying round to bury the dead and find those who went missing in the attack.