Two students of the same parents
were killed when Boko Haram insurgents attacked Payasatan Bilaburdar village
Gatamarwa ward in Chibok local government area of Borno state.
Residents revealed that Joel Fali, 16 years, and Kwakwi Fali, 14
years, were the siblings who lost their lives in the attack.
Yusuf Yakubu, a 35 year old
farmer, was also killed. The insurgents, one of the residents said, came into
the village around 8:30pm on Friday, shooting sporadically and burning houses.
“Everybody started running for
their lives when our village came under attack Friday night,” he said.
“Two of our school children, Joel
and Kwakwi were killed with in the shots fired. One of them from Junior Day
Secondary School, and the other from Senior Secondary School. They are of same
parents. Yusuf Yakubu, a farmer was killed too.
“The insurgents spent a few
hours, and about seven houses were burnt.”
A resident said the insurgents had
left before soldiers from the 117 task force battalion in Chibok arrived.
Payasatan Bilaburdar is about 15
kilometres away from Chibok town which has been attacked by insurgents at
different times.
The latest attack comes two days
after the insurgents attacked Michika, a town in Adamawa state.
A north-east resident had said that his sister was trapped as a result of the attack.
Insurgents have been attacking
communities across the north-east despite the federal government’s position
that Boko Haram has been “technically defeated”.
On Christmas eve, a faction of
Boko Haram affiliated to the Islamic State, killed 11 Christian captives in
Borno, saying the action was taken to avenge the deaths of Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, IS’ late leader and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir, its spokesman, who were
killed in Syria in late October.
Sagir Musa, army’s spokesman, did
not immediately respond to a message seeking his reaction over the Chibok
village attack.
Residents, however, saidthat normalcy had returned to village Saturday morning as soldiers are now on
standby.
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