No fewer that 25 newly constructed buildings meant for returnees in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State have been razed down by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
According to Daily Trust, an eyewitness Modu Kundiri who was on his way to Maiduguri from Gomboru, they were asked by the troops to wait for about 3 hours at Logomani village.
“The soldiers informed us that we had to wait for about 3 hours from 11:am -2 pm before we were allowed to leave Logomani.
“I saw and counted more than 25 newly constructed houses at Gajibo village in Dkiwa LGA was on fire,” Modu said.
A resident of Dikwa town, Sheriff Lawan, confirmed the news to our correspondent via phone.
He added that they equally planted many improvise explosive devices in the ongoing construction site to truncate the rebuilding and resettlement processes of the state government.
“The soldiers told us that the insurgents planted many IEDs at the construction site and they discovered some bombs already.”Sherrif said.
The police is however yet to speak on the development.
