Boko Haram Kills Five, Abducts 30 Women In Adamawa

It is a black weekend for Kwapre community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa state as suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked the village, killing five persons in the process.

Reports said in raiding the village on Friday evening, the attackers also kidnapped about 30 women as they shot sporadically into the air, scaring residents who scampered into surrounding bushes.

An eyewitness account said the insurgents destroyed houses as well as other valuables before seizing and ferrying their victims into captivity.

According to one Innocent Geoffrey, who lives within the affected community, most residents have fled the area to where they consider a safe haven.

“Right now there is no single person in Kwapre. Everybody has fled the community,” Innocent said

Member representing Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency, Hon Yusuf Buba Yakubu, described the attack was a bitter setback for the community that has been striving to put Boko Haram insurgency behind it.

Kwapre is on the Adamawa-Borno borders near the notorious Sambisa forest. It has come under Boko Haram attack a number of times in the past.

In his reaction, the Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa State, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, described the attack as a Boko Haram-related incident which he has no mandate to comment on.

Meanwhile, the 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola which has jurisdiction over the attacked village, also refused to officially speak on the matter. – With The Nation reports