Nigeria - The Forefront has learned that Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday morning, attacked a village, Kuburubu, in Damboa local go0vernment area of Borno State, killing 6 persons and abducting about 13 others.
A member of the youth vigilance group, Civilian JTF who spoke anonymously, told our source on phone that attackers rode on four motorcycles to the village at about 5 am when the villages were still asleep.
He said they entered some homes killing six people, kidnapped 13 others, and left many wounded.
He said: “The hoodlums were in Kuburubu village today (Saturday), riding four motorbikes, they were eight in number and armed with guns.
“They attacked the village at about 5 am when everyone was still sleeping; they killed six persons and abducted about 13 others which they led into the bush.”
According to him, those abducted included seven women, five teenage boys and a teenage girl.
He said, “The insurgents looted all the food items, and carted away livestock including goats, camels, and their chickens.”
He said after the looting spree they set the village ablaze.
Kuburubu is a boundary village between Chibok and Damboa local government of Borno state, Northeast Nigeria; about 80 kilometres away from Maiduguri.
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