Boko Haram insurgents shot dead not less than nine people and set homes on fire in an attack on two villages in Yobe, from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
The villagers revealed to AFP that dozens of gunmen came riding motorbikes into Tadagara and Dunbulwa villages.
A villager from Tadagara, Shuaibu Nuhu told AFP that: “Boko Haram gunmen came on motorcycles and opened fire on the village after we had retired for the night and killed nine residents.”
According to eyewitnesses, the nine victims were shot with assault rifles as the jihadis attacked Tadagara around 10:30 pm, where they stayed until dawn, due to heavy rain before moving to Dunbulwa village.
A resident of Dunbulwa village, Sani Mai-Masara said: “We fled into the bush from where we saw fire erupting from our homes as the gunmen set them alight after looting them.”
“We luckily left the village as soon as we heard Boko Haram gunmen were on the attack in Tadagara which was why they found the village empty. They carted away food and jerry cans of fuel. They then set fire to our homes.”
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