Boko Haram leaves 60 dead in Yobe village

Firstclass newsline gathered that over 60 persons have been killed by
Boko Haram fighters in Kukuwa – Gari in Gulani Local Government Area
of Yobe State.
Speaking to a source on the telephone on Tuesday, the spokesman for
the Yobe State Police Command, Mr. Toyin Gbadegesin, confirmed the
attack. But he did not give the casualty figure.
He said, "I can confirm that there was an attack at Kukuwa village and
the police and other security operatives were able to repel the Boko
Haram attackers. We are not aware of the high death toll."
But a member of the local vigilance group, Abubakar Aliyu, told a
source that over 60 people lost their lives in the attack.
He said most of the victims were shot dead by the sect fighters, while
some drowned in a river while they were fleeing from their attackers.
He said, "Most of the villagers were drowned in the river which was
flooded by the downpour while others were shot dead by the terrorists.
The terrorists invaded Kukuwa-Gari village and its environs on
motorcycles and trucks and started shooting at every possible target.
"Some of us in the local vigilance group and some security officials
could not withstand the Boko Haram terrorists' firepower as they were
over 50 and were heavily armed."
Aliyu said they were forced to go into hiding and when they finally
came out they counted 60 corpses, adding that most the victims were
found at the river bank.
Another resident of the area, Kashim Mohammed, who narrowly escaped
being killed in the attack, said the death toll had risen beyond 60,
insisting that many more corpses were seen at the river bank after the
initial count on Friday.
He said, "I was able to hide in the bush for two days, when I came
out, many dead bodies which is far more than 60 were seen close to the
river bank. Most of us could not communicate with people in Damaturu,
the state capital, because telecommunication masks have been blown off
by the insurgents."
Yobe State had suffered a series of attacks from insurgents in the
past and President Muhammadu Buhari had given a new charge to the
military to end insurgency in three months.
Firstclassnewsline.net