No fewer than eight people have been killed by members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, Mafa local government area of Borno state.
Recall that terrorists had attacked and slaughtered 15 people, including farmers, at Molai outskirts of Maiduguri last week.
Politics Nigeria gathered that the insurgents attacked Bulamari village in the Mafa council area on Thursday, June 22, killing 8 persons while many others sustained various degrees of injuries.
According to a Civilian Joint Task Force source who confirmed the attack, young boys under the age of 20 were killed while logging firewood around Bulamari bush.
“They killed 8 of them and allowed only one person, Babakura by name, a 15 year-old-boy, to come and break the news in the town. They tightened their hands behind their backs and shot them in the heads; we went there together with the Civilians Joint Task Force to bring the corpses for burial,” he said.
Governor Babagana Zulum has paid a condolence visit to the affected village in the local government area, where he offered some assistance to the families of the victims in Mafa on Friday.
The governor lamented the number of attacks that have happened in the state in the recent times.
The Governor urged residents to remain security conscious and avoid danger zones.
Zulum reassured the citizens that soon, the state government would establish effective agro-rangers consisting of police, army and civil defence to effectively deal with the remnants of insurgents in Borno state.
