The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Nganzai LGC Alhaji Mohammed
Bulama has explained how some insurgents lunched attack on
villagers who went to bury one of their own at Badu Village of the
local Government, Borno State.
Bulama disclosed this to journalists at Gajiram, the
headquarters of Nganzai Local Government when Gov. Babagana Zulum
visited to condole with the families over the pogrom orchestrated
by the Boko Haram insurgents.
According to him, the insurgents rode on about five motorcycles
and lunched a dastardly attack on unsuspecting mourners who were at
the burial ground for a burial of one of the villagers.
He disclosed about 60 people were killed in the unfortunate
incident while a total of 10 people were also injured during the
attack.
The latest attack on the village, a source informed, may have
been caused by a previous blow on the insurgents by security agents
which the insurgents suspected was aided by the villagers.
“There was a previous security encounter between Boko Haram and
security agencies in this village and the insurgents suffered a
major setback as many of their weapons were recovered by the army.
They are still angry with that attack and that may have prompted
their action to go after the villagers at the burial ground,” the
source said.
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum who condemned the attack equally
reaffirmed his commitment to strengthen more ties with security
agencies in the state to protect lives and property of the
citizenry.
He condoled with the families and relations of the murdered
villagers and called on the villagers to take their personal
security more serious and be more vigilant.
He also prayed for the repose of the departed souls and God to
grant the families of the deceased the fortitude to bear the
irreparable loss.
The Governor also charged them to secure their communities by
giving useful information to security agencies to nip any threat
from the bud.
Zulum was also at the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri, to
console and sympathize with those who sustained various degree of
injuries during the attack.
Subscribe ToNairalaw News!
Read more how-boko-haram-killed-68-mourners-in-borno/
Security: FCT NYSC Coordinator Urges Corps Members to be
Vigilant
By: Isah Ismaila
The FCT coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Hajiya
Walida Siddique has called on corps members to be security
conscious in carrying out their primary assignments as they are the
first chief security officers of their lives.
Mrs. Walida made the call Monday during the visit to another
Corps member at National Hospital affected by the Shi’ite violent
protest in Abuja.
The affected corps member, Aliyu Suleiman (FC/19A/4188), was
also hit by a stray bullet in a taxi on his way to Leadership Group
Limited, his place of primary assignment.
”On my way to my primary Assignment, we heard gunshots very
close to us, while our driver was about to turn, I couldn’t feel my
left arm. It was then I realized I was hit by a bullet after which
I immediately notified my National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) CDS officer, Mrs. Adama Anabel who called the attention of
the management on the incident” he said.
“Before I became unconscious, the driver suggested I should be
taken to University of Abuja Teaching Specialist Hospital in
Gwagwalada. They referred us to Saint Mary Hospital alongside my
cousin bother where a nurse noticed I have lost a lot of blood and
they sent us back to National Hospital where I was immediately
operated on” Aliyu added.
Chairperson of the NYSC Governing Board, Hajiya Safiya Umar,
represented by FCT Assistant Director of Youth Development, Mrs.
Hajarat Ayandele, gave the victim a sum of 200 thousand naira as
she wished him quick recovery and advised all Corps members to be
vigilant in their daily activities.
Aliyu expressed gratitude to the governing board and the NYSC
management for coming to his aid as well as the free treatment he
received. While, Hajiya Walida in her remark appreciated the
management of National Hospital for the proper treatment they
rendered to the victim.
Meanwhile the violent protest on the 22 of July 2019, claimed
the lives of a corps member with channels television, Precious
Owolabi and that of the Deputy Commissioner of police(DCP) Usman
Umar.