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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
No fewer than 7 mourners were killed while others sustained gunshots injuries when suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded Kopl village, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State.
The incident is coming barely 7 hours when dozens of motorists and passengers were killed along Gamboru Ngala -Kala Balge road after they stumbled on an Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs) planted by terrorists, with other sustained serious injuries.
Confirming the latest Chibok community incident in Kopl, the Chairman of the Local Government Council, Hon. Modu Mustapha said ,”the incident took place at about 6:pm on Monday when armed terrorists descended on some mourners who were gathered for a final day prayer of one of their loved one who died last week in Kopl.”
He added that, “many of the victims who sustained injuries in the attack were evacuated to Mubi General Hospital in nearby Adamawa state for treatment, stressing that the number of casualties may be higher than seven as the community embarked on search and rescue to enable mass burial tomorrow Tuesday”.
Responding to the renewed escalating attacks, especially in Southern Borno Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, described the situation as pathetic and beyond human imagination.
He added that, even yesterday, he received a distress call that over 10 members of vigilantes were killed in a community between Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State and Garkida town in Adamawa State.
” My people are into severe casualties with no confrontation. In the last one month, over hundred were killed in several and coordinated attacks in Sabon Gari, Izge, Kirawa, Pulka, Damboa, Chibok, Askira Uba and too numerous to mention”. Ndume lamented.
