Adamawa: Terrorists kill 14, council boss calls for military deployment

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The chairman of Hong Local Government Area in Adamawa State, Usman Inuwa, has confirmed that Boko Haram last week killed 14 people in two villages in the council’s area.

Inuwa, who spoke exclusively to The PUNCH on Friday, said that Boko Haram invaded two villages, Mubang and Zar, at night, killing 14 people and shooting two other people who, according to the chairman, are receiving treatment in the hospital.

“At about 9pm on that day, which I cannot vividly recall, Boko Haram invaded Mubang and Zar villages, which are close to Sambisa forest, they killed 14 people, shot two people and burnt dozens of houses with foodstuffs, ” he said.

“These villages are located near Sambisa forest, and there are no other villages in between; it is a vast, empty land, so Boko Haram takes advantage of the ungoverned spaces to attack and kill innocent people,” he stated

Inuwa said that he usually organised a combined team of military and vigilantes to guard the area and that the Boko Haram were always repelled when they attempted to attack.

The Hong LG chairman added, “The closeness of these two villages to the Sambisa forest is a big problem, unless the Federal Government deployed airforce to carry out air strikes in the area occupied by the Boko Haram.” Punch