Some suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed Pastor Luka Levong of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Kwari, Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe state.
According to some residents of the the area, no fewer than five other persons were killed by the insurgents.
Some residents who evacuated the corpses to the Specialist Hospital Geidam noted that the attackers invaded the community around 2: 00 am on Friday and shot the pastor and his church treasurer Maina Abdullahi.
According to them, the other victims were also killed in their separate houses one after the other before the arrival of the security men, while many houses including one church and vehicles were also set ablaze.
The military and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) are yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report.
Boko Haram insurgents recently attacked a community in neighbouring Borno State, killing 12 persons and injuring two others.
That attack took place in the Gartamawa community of Chibok Local Government Area which is 125 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
“The terrorists stormed the community of Gatamarwa around 5 pm on Monday during the New Year celebration heavily armed with AK-47 rifles, came on motorcycles and Hilux vans, and opened fire on mourners returning from Gatamarwa,” a source said.
