Boko Haram Renews Attacks on Adamawa Communities

Boko Haram Renews Attacks on Adamawa Communities

Boko Haram terrorists have renewed attacks on the villages of Madagali Local Government Area in Adamawa State as reports from the area confirmed that the sect  attacked two villages at about 9p.m. to 10 p.m., setting ablaze shops, houses and properties worth millions of naira.

The reports indicated that the terrorists have recruited more youths, and were making frantic effort to capture the whole local government area to be under their control.

 It also revealed that within two weeks, the areas have experienced series of attacks which calls for quick intervention by the federal government and the military to re -strategise its mode of operations in order to overwhelm the activities of the terrorists in the areas.

Confirming the attacks, the Madagali Local Government Area Chairman, Hon. Yusuf Muhammad, said the sect lunched another fresh attack on Nyibango and Mudubu villages in Belbel ward at about 9p.m. last Monday, burning down several houses, shops and properties worth millions of naira.

He lamented that his council area has been under attack, adding that about other five communities have been attacked in the past two weeks, as he called on the federal government to send more troops to Madagali.

Muhammad further explained that the villagers had escaped to a near-by bush before the terrorists arrived in the two villages to perpetrate their acts.

According to him, the casualties figure was yet to be ascertained, adding that no life has been reported lost so far at the time of filing this report.