Eight villagers
were reported dead and several others injured when
gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, dressed in military uniforms
attacked Lugumani Village in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State,
witnesses said.Lugumani is located about 90km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Awwal Sunoma, a taxi driver who survived the attack, said
the gunmen who were riding on motorbikes, attacked the village along the
Maiduguri-Dikwa road, at about 6 a.m. on Sunday and began to shoot sporadically
forcing villagers to flee into the bush.
“They operated for about 3 hours because they only left at
about 9 a.m. when soldiers from Maiduguri arrived the village” Mr. Sunoma said.
“They killed at least 8 persons, and I also learnt they attacked vehicles along
the road. I don’t know if people died inside the bush. But many that sustained
bullet injuries were able to drag themselves back to the village.”
Mr. Sunoma spoke to reporters at the Gamboru motor park in
Maiduguri. He said the attackers had to flee using their bikes when soldiers
arrived the village from Maiduguri.
The spokesman of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in
Maiduguri, Aliyu Danja, could not be contacted to confirm the incident at the
time of filing the report.
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