At least 300 people have been killed in a fresh attack
in the early hours of Tuesday morning when Boko
Haram members stormed Gamborou Ngala town in
Borno State, after misleading the security forces
deployed to the area to protect the state.
The soldiers moved to the Lake Chad axis when they
received intelligence report that some gunmen were
sighted with abducted school girls moving to the
area. The soldiers decided to leave the town for
Lake Chad to confront them, but Boko Haram struck
just an hour after they left. Continue below.
They came at night and people were already
sleeping. They started burning houses and shops and
those who tried to escape from the burning houses
were shot dead. At least 300 people were confirmed
dead with thousands of houses burnt and 200 cars
destroyed. They didn't atatck the villages but came
to town. They shot everyone at sight. An outfit of the
Nigerian Customs Service was also burnt. They spent
12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless civilians,
Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is from the area told
BBC Hausa.
He also pointed out that the attackers were armed
with dangerous weapons comprising of Armored
Personnel Carries , (APC), Improvised Explosive
Devices, (IEDs), petrol bombs, assault rifles and
Rocket Propelled Launchers (RPGs).
