Many Feared Dead As Boko Haram Sets Houses On Fire In Borno

Reports from the North East of Nigeria indicates that many people were feared dead and many others sustained various degrees of injuries when suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a community in Askira Uba local government area of Borno state.

The insurgents stormed Kilangal village, the hometown of Engr Abdullahi Musa Askira, Deputy Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly on Sunday afternoon, and set houses on fire.

According to a source, Air Task Force fighter jet came about 2 hours later but the damage had been done.

“They operated without any resistance, our people ran into bushes and many suspected to have been killed,” the source said.