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42 Persons Killed In Fresh Borno Attack
About 42 persons were reportedly killed when Boko Haram attacked Goni Usmanti village in Gubio local government area of Borno state on Saturday.
Ahmadu Modu, a witness, said the insurgents stormed the village in four gun trucks and motorcycles around 1 am.
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He noted that members of the civilian joint task force in the village engaged the Boko Haram fighters in a battle that lasted for about an hour before they were overpowered.
Modu said an air force fighter jet hovered around during the attack but did not render any assistance to the people.
“The fighter jet came eventually but it only hovered around without throwing a single bomb on the terrorists,” he said.
“No ground troops came to our rescue. Our people fought alone until over 40 of them were killed.”
Boko haram had attacked Faduma Koloram village in Gubio earlier in the week, killing over 80 persons.
Recall that earlier on Saturday, Boko Haram fighters engaged soldiers in a gun battle at Monguno local government area of Borno where both sides reportedly suffered casualties in the attack.
Despite repeated attacks, the federal government has maintained that it is winning the war against insurgency.
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