Again, Boko Haram Attack On Borno Village Leaves 42 Dead — Days After Killing 81

Boko Haram attack on Goni Usmanti village in Gubio local government area of Borno state on Saturday left, at least, 42 person dead.

The insurgents stormed the village in four gun trucks and motorcycles around 1am, TheCable quoted a witness, Ahmadu Modu, to have said.

Modu disclosed that some members of the civilian joint task force in the village engaged the Boko Haram fighters in a gun duel that lasted for about an hour but were overpowered by the superior firepower of the insurgents.

Modu also revealed an air force fighter jet hovered around during the attack but did nothing to repel the attack.

“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.

Despite renewed spate of attack and killings, the federal government has insisted that it is winning the war against insurgency.

In his Democracy Day broadcast, President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration has “considerably downgraded” Boko Haram.

Buhari added that all forms of crimes across the country had also been reduced.