Fresh attack has reportedly claimed 45 lives in Borno State. The tragedy was said to have occurred when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday stormed Belgeri village in Konduga council of the state in over a dozen Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles laden with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED. They shot dead 45 people and torched several houses.
Thursday too, an online report noted that the Government House in Gombe State was attacked in a massive explosion late afternoon.
But there were no confirmed reports of injuries, death, or the level of the carnage.
So far no group has claimed responsibility. Police, Fire Department and military officials are on the scene, battling a fire from the blast. Eyewitnesses say it was a bomb blast that could be heard all over the city.
Belgeri village is about 65 kilometres east of Maiduguri. An eyewitness, Ibrahim Isah, who escaped to Maiduguri yesterday, told The Guardian that the insurgents disguised as preachers at a local mosque before opening fire on worshippers.
“We were shocked and terrified about how our people were lured into a mosque by disguised militants only for many of them to be killed. As I speak now, the dead bodies are yet of be buried”, he added.
He said that in the other destroyed village, the attackers carted away food items and livestock into two pickup vans, and fled towards Sambisa Forest.
On whether there was tight security before the attack, Isah said: “No, our security is in the hands of God, because soldiers were deployed in this border village, since the extension of emergency rule last month.” He lamented that the village had been destroyed and many people killed.
The Borno State Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawal, also confirmed the incident, stating that the insurgents attacked Belgeri village
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