BOKO HARAM: 30 killed in fresh Adamawa ambush
By Ndahi Marama
A bridegroom, family members and
friends were said to be among 30 persons killed yesterday in an attack by
insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram in Michika local government
area of Adamawa State.
The victims, eye witnesses said,
were returning from a wedding Fatiha in Michika town when they ran into an
ambush laid by the insurgents.
The incident, it was learnt,
happened along Bama- Banki -Firgi highway.
Boko haram
One of the eye witnesses, a
motorist, told our correspondent, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital “ I
travelled on Adamawa- Michika – Bama- Maiduguri road. When we reached a place
in the Firgi area, we saw many bodies many of which were riddled with bullets
while some were covered in blood having been slaughtered beside the road.
My passengers advised we should return to Michika, but I told them God
was in control”.
A source in one of the federal owned
hospitals in Maiduguri said: “We have received the bodies of over 30 people
suspected to have been killed while coming from a wedding Fatiha as most of
them wore same wedding uniforms (Anko in Hausa) on Saturday evening, but
we are are yet to ascertain who are those behind such a deadly attack”.
Spokesman for the 7 Division,
Nigerian Army, Lt. Colonel Mohammed Dole, and the Borno State Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP, Gideon Jubrin could not be reached for confirmation of
the attack at the time of going to press
BOKO HARAM: 30 killed in fresh Adamawa ambush
By Ndahi Marama
A bridegroom, family members and friends were said to be among 30 persons killed yesterday in an attack by insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram in Michika local government area of Adamawa State.
The victims, eye witnesses said, were returning from a wedding Fatiha in Michika town when they ran into an ambush laid by the insurgents.
The incident, it was learnt, happened along Bama- Banki -Firgi highway.
One
of the eye witnesses, a motorist, told our correspondent, in Maiduguri,
Borno State capital “ I travelled on Adamawa- Michika – Bama- Maiduguri
road. When we reached a place in the Firgi area, we saw many bodies
many of which were riddled with bullets while some were covered in blood
having been slaughtered beside the road. My passengers advised we
should return to Michika, but I told them God was in control”.
A source in one of the federal owned hospitals in Maiduguri said: “We have received the bodies of over 30 people suspected to have been killed while coming from a wedding Fatiha as most of them wore same wedding uniforms (Anko in Hausa) on Saturday evening, but we are are yet to ascertain who are those behind such a deadly attack”.
Spokesman for the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Lt. Colonel Mohammed Dole, and the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Gideon Jubrin could not be reached for confirmation of the attack at the time of going to press
A bridegroom, family members and friends were said to be among 30 persons killed yesterday in an attack by insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram in Michika local government area of Adamawa State.
The victims, eye witnesses said, were returning from a wedding Fatiha in Michika town when they ran into an ambush laid by the insurgents.
The incident, it was learnt, happened along Bama- Banki -Firgi highway.
Boko haram
A source in one of the federal owned hospitals in Maiduguri said: “We have received the bodies of over 30 people suspected to have been killed while coming from a wedding Fatiha as most of them wore same wedding uniforms (Anko in Hausa) on Saturday evening, but we are are yet to ascertain who are those behind such a deadly attack”.
Spokesman for the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Lt. Colonel Mohammed Dole, and the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Gideon Jubrin could not be reached for confirmation of the attack at the time of going to press
