Suspected ISWAP terrorist kills 10 villagers in Yobe
16 April 2023 |
1:30 am
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have killed 10 people in a fresh offensive on Dogsa Village, Yobe State.
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have killed 10 people in a fresh offensive on Dogsa Village, Yobe State.
The villagers were killed on Thursday, April 13, 2023, while searching for Shettima Dawi, who went to fetch firewood in Sambisa Forest.
A counter-insurgency expert, in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed, yesterday, in Maiduguri, that Dawi could not return home, as he was ambushed and killed by the terrorists.
“This prompted Dawi’s relatives and other neighbours to mobilise and search for his whereabouts in the forest,” he said.He said that the bodies of the villagers were recovered from the forest and buried on Friday afternoon.
“Shortly after the burial ceremony, the terrorists came to the community,” he said, adding that they threatened the villagers to relocate to other settlements in Gujba Local Council.
A military source in Maiduguri also stated that the terrorists stormed the community in a convoy of Hilux trucks and motorcycles on Wednesday evening, informing the residents not to panic about their presence.
“The insurgents though warned the locals not to reveal their presence to the security agencies,” he said, noting that they had told the villagers that they fear the military forest onslaughts.
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