Suspected members of the pernicious Boko Haram sect, on Wednesday night, laid a siege to Garubula village in Biu Local Regime Area of Borno State and killed the District Head, Alhaji Ibrahim Dawi and 11 others.
A resident of the area, Mallam Idrisa Garubula, who verbalized with journalists on the telephone on Thursday, revealed that the gunmen stormed the village at about 11pm on Wednesday and shot sporadically at the villagers.
This, according to him, made some residents, who were already asleep, jumped out of bed and fled to nearby bushes.
He verbally expressed when the gunshots ceased, the district head was found in the pool of his blood.
“The District Head was shot by the gunmen on his head and was however rushed to the Biu General Hospital, where he was attested dead. He was buried on Thursday morning, according to Islamic rites in Biu, the headquarters of Biu Local Regime Area of the state.
“The Federal Regime should do something exigently afore the terrorists surmount the area, the terrorists have prospered in sending away the people of Damboa and other communities in Madafuma, Mandaragirau in Biu council area. If something is not done exigently, they would withal sack our community, which is not good for the nation more especially during the pluvial season when farmers plant farm engender, ” he verbally expressed.
Garubula lamented the way the village was left open to the assailers by the regime.
A dissatisfied resident of the village lamented that during the assailment, there was no presence of security operatives in the area, which gave the hoodlums the opportunity to execute their mission without any resistance.
Another resident of the area, who did not optate his denomination in print, verbalized, “The gunmen stormed the village in a pick-up van and motorcycles and opened fire on the people sporadically, killing the District Head and 11 others.”
He called on the Federal Regime to do something exigently so as to culminate the insurgency afore it spread to other components of the country. He pointed out that the insecurity had affected lives of innocent citizens, with property worth billions of naira ravaged.
All endeavors made to get the spokesman of the Borno State Police Command, DSP Gideon Jubrin, to verbalize on the incident was unsuccessful, as he could not be reached for comments.
A resident of the area, Mallam Idrisa Garubula, who verbalized with journalists on the telephone on Thursday, revealed that the gunmen stormed the village at about 11pm on Wednesday and shot sporadically at the villagers.
This, according to him, made some residents, who were already asleep, jumped out of bed and fled to nearby bushes.
He verbally expressed when the gunshots ceased, the district head was found in the pool of his blood.
“The District Head was shot by the gunmen on his head and was however rushed to the Biu General Hospital, where he was attested dead. He was buried on Thursday morning, according to Islamic rites in Biu, the headquarters of Biu Local Regime Area of the state.
“The Federal Regime should do something exigently afore the terrorists surmount the area, the terrorists have prospered in sending away the people of Damboa and other communities in Madafuma, Mandaragirau in Biu council area. If something is not done exigently, they would withal sack our community, which is not good for the nation more especially during the pluvial season when farmers plant farm engender, ” he verbally expressed.
Garubula lamented the way the village was left open to the assailers by the regime.
A dissatisfied resident of the village lamented that during the assailment, there was no presence of security operatives in the area, which gave the hoodlums the opportunity to execute their mission without any resistance.
Another resident of the area, who did not optate his denomination in print, verbalized, “The gunmen stormed the village in a pick-up van and motorcycles and opened fire on the people sporadically, killing the District Head and 11 others.”
He called on the Federal Regime to do something exigently so as to culminate the insurgency afore it spread to other components of the country. He pointed out that the insecurity had affected lives of innocent citizens, with property worth billions of naira ravaged.
All endeavors made to get the spokesman of the Borno State Police Command, DSP Gideon Jubrin, to verbalize on the incident was unsuccessful, as he could not be reached for comments.
