By Wilson Adekumola
At least eleven civilians have been reportedly killed as an Isamic group known as Boko Haram invaded Buni Gari community in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.
Premium Times reported that the attack occurred between Thursday and Friday on the outskirts of Buni Gari.
It was learnt that the Nigerian Army 27 Task Force Brigade, stationed in the Buni Gari purposely to combat the insurgent, recovered the corpses of the victims in a bush on Friday morning.
According to source in the army, the soldiers searched the bush on Friday after the attack which had created fear in the community.
It was gathered that, two residents of the Buni Gari community went into the bush on Thursday to fetch firewood, they accidentally ran into the hands of the insurgents.
One of them identified as Abba Gawi, 40, was shot dead, and the terrorist group asked the other person to go home and report the incident and tell people to come and recover the corpse, a source in the military said.
“He rushed home and reported the incident in the community, the community members decided to go to the bush Friday morning to recover the corpse, believing that the terrorists might have left by then, unfortunately, they ambushed those who went to fetch the body of the slained civilian and killed some of them.
“Ten of them mostly youth were shot dead at close range after their hands were tight to their back. Other people escaped and reported the incident to the soldiers at the Buni Gari, the soldiers were already on alert following the gunshots from the attack.
“The soldiers, led by an officer identified only as Aro, a major, moved to the scene in combat gear and armour vehicles, unfortunately, the terrorists fled the scene, and the soldiers recovered eleven corpses of the residents in the bush including that of one person initially killed on Thursday.
“It’s not yet clear whether the terrorists kidnap 15 other people as being speculated in the town. People from the community said some of their members are still missing,” the military source revealed.
Confirming, the Police Public Relations Officer in Yobe State, Dungus Abdulkareem, said nine people were killed by the terrorists in the incident.
It was said that the police did not disclose further information about those who were reported to have been abducted by the insurgent.
