Suspected Boko Haram militants have
killed no fewer than 148 people with 68
sustaining injuries in an attack carried out
on homes and mosques in Borno state.
In a report on The Nation, one of the survivor
who escaped to Maiduguri gave a horrific
account of how the terrorist surrounded the
entire Kukawa village and started shooting
sporadically at the time the Muslims fateful
were about to break their fast for the day.
“We started hearing gunshots from nowhere
all over the town. The terrorists surrounded
the town shooting sporadically on the
residents. Confusion and panic took over the
town as people began to run for their lives to
unknown destination confused”, Aji Bukar
narrated.
He added that many of the dead bodies are
still littered on the streets as the residents
are afraid to come out to bury the dead as
the time he had escaped.
“As I speak to you, some of the corpses were
still not buried. People are afraid to come
out. The entire village is deserted. Elders in
town were afraid the attackers may return
which is delaying the burial of the dead
bodies scattered over the town” he said.
A member of the Civilian Joint Task Force
(CJTF), who also spoke to the media outfit on
phone said that the insurgents caught up
many residents and shot them in two
separate mosques with the injuring of several
others.
“People were just preparing to break their
Ramadan fast and already gathered in
nearby mosques when Boko Haram people
came on in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles
and motorcycles painted in ash colour.
“They rounded up people and opened fire on
them. Boko Haram later set fire on several
houses burning many people. One of our
colleagues who escaped the attack said they
recovered 97 dead bodies, some of them
burnt beyond recognition before burying
them this afternoon (Thursday)”, he said.
A former local official of Kukawa Local
Government, Alhaji Habib Kakero wrote on
his Facebook: “Our town Kukawa has been
attacked by Boko Haram, they killed many of
our people, and may Allah repose their souls
in perfect peace.”
Mohammed Kukawa who hails from Kukawa
but resides in Maiduguri informed that he
lost three of his family members in the
attack.
“A family member who escaped to a nearby
village in Niger Republic has called to tell me
my elder brother, who is a farmer, uncle and
other relations were among those killed
Wednesday,” he said.
A local from Kukawa village, who gave his
name as Kolo (a fisherman) while speaking to
AFP said: “The attackers have killed at least
97 people,” adding that he counted the
bodies. “They wiped out the immediate family
of my uncle …They killed his children, about
five of them, and set his entire house
ablaze.”
Another witness called Babami Alhaji Kolo,
who fled to Maiduguri, the state capital after
the attack took place; said more than 50
militants stormed the village early Wednesday
evening.
killed no fewer than 148 people with 68
sustaining injuries in an attack carried out
on homes and mosques in Borno state.
In a report on The Nation, one of the survivor
who escaped to Maiduguri gave a horrific
account of how the terrorist surrounded the
entire Kukawa village and started shooting
sporadically at the time the Muslims fateful
were about to break their fast for the day.
“We started hearing gunshots from nowhere
all over the town. The terrorists surrounded
the town shooting sporadically on the
residents. Confusion and panic took over the
town as people began to run for their lives to
unknown destination confused”, Aji Bukar
narrated.
He added that many of the dead bodies are
still littered on the streets as the residents
are afraid to come out to bury the dead as
the time he had escaped.
“As I speak to you, some of the corpses were
still not buried. People are afraid to come
out. The entire village is deserted. Elders in
town were afraid the attackers may return
which is delaying the burial of the dead
bodies scattered over the town” he said.
A member of the Civilian Joint Task Force
(CJTF), who also spoke to the media outfit on
phone said that the insurgents caught up
many residents and shot them in two
separate mosques with the injuring of several
others.
“People were just preparing to break their
Ramadan fast and already gathered in
nearby mosques when Boko Haram people
came on in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles
and motorcycles painted in ash colour.
“They rounded up people and opened fire on
them. Boko Haram later set fire on several
houses burning many people. One of our
colleagues who escaped the attack said they
recovered 97 dead bodies, some of them
burnt beyond recognition before burying
them this afternoon (Thursday)”, he said.
A former local official of Kukawa Local
Government, Alhaji Habib Kakero wrote on
his Facebook: “Our town Kukawa has been
attacked by Boko Haram, they killed many of
our people, and may Allah repose their souls
in perfect peace.”
Mohammed Kukawa who hails from Kukawa
but resides in Maiduguri informed that he
lost three of his family members in the
attack.
“A family member who escaped to a nearby
village in Niger Republic has called to tell me
my elder brother, who is a farmer, uncle and
other relations were among those killed
Wednesday,” he said.
A local from Kukawa village, who gave his
name as Kolo (a fisherman) while speaking to
AFP said: “The attackers have killed at least
97 people,” adding that he counted the
bodies. “They wiped out the immediate family
of my uncle …They killed his children, about
five of them, and set his entire house
ablaze.”
Another witness called Babami Alhaji Kolo,
who fled to Maiduguri, the state capital after
the attack took place; said more than 50
militants stormed the village early Wednesday
evening.
