Boko Haram invades 4 Borno communities, kill 3persons, loots shops, burns churches

By Our Reporter

Suspected Boko Haram members

have destroyed four communities, killed three persons, looted shops and burned churches in Borno State.

The attacks were carried out in Tashan Alade, Shafa, Azare, Sabon-Kasuwa and Debro, all in the Hawul Local Government Area in the Southern Borno on Saturday , during which three persons – two local hunters and a resident – were killed .

According to a report, "Thousands of bags of farm produce recently harvested by farmers were alleged to have been stolen by the insurgents who also emptied shops".

This was disclosed  to the governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday during his visit to the affected communities.

In a statement issued by Zulum’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, it was revealed that the governor had travelled from Maiduguri to Katsina and Abuja on Thursday for series of scheduled activities, which he had to cut short following the attack.

It was disclosed further that "schools, shops police station and places of worship destroyed by the insurgents, with three persons killed in Shafa.

Gusau noted that his boss was in Yimirshika, Azare, Sabon-Kasuwa and Shafa, where he inspected all destroyed property and ordered their immediate reconstruction.