No fewer than eight people have been killed in a fresh attack
in villages in the southern part of Borno State by suspected Boko Haram
insurgents.
Boko Haram have burnt down a church and a house of a National Assembly member, Hon. Peter Biye. on Jan 10, 2014
Residents
said some suspected Boko Haram member attacked Sabon Gari village in
Hambagtha and Jaji wards of Gwoza Local Government Area on Thursday,
killing eight villagers and setting ablaze about 100 churches in the
area.
According to witnesses, the destroyed churches are located in communities around the Nigerian-Cameroon border.
These
include Arbako, Barawa, Chikide, Ngoshe, Pulka, Kirawa, Kwatara,
Hirdembeh, Chinene and Kundeh in Gwoza Local Government Area.
Gwoza, a border town is about135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri.
A
member of the House of Representatives, Peter Biye Gumtha, representing
Gwoza/Chibok/Damboa confirmed the incident, adding that the village
attacks were launched by eight insurgents.
He said eight people were killed while 16 others were injured.
“What is happening in my constituency is very unfortunate and frightening.
People
are being killed by terrorists on a daily basis. Churches are being
burnt, and if people like me who is also a member of the House Committee
on Army, alerted military authorities based on intelligence reports
that my village would be under attack and nothing was done to secure the
area, then it is unfortunate, because the ordinary people that live in
volatile areas are no longer safe and protected by our security outfits.
As
I am talking to you now, I have spent over two years without going to
see my people and the electorate because I am no longer safe.
All my projects which were aimed at alleviating the economic hardship of my people have been destroyed.
There
was a time I sent my contractors to construct a health centre in Gwoza
town, a day after, they commenced constructing the foundation, some Boko
Haram elements went to the project site, destroyed and buried
everything,” he stated.
He said apart from churches torched
by the insurgents, many primary schools and other public buildings in
his constituency, were also burnt.
“Even my countryhome, located on the Bama-Gwoza Road was torched in the early hours of last Thursday.
The
gunmen also took away over 70 sheep and goats, after destroying 90, 000
packets of chalk, pens and exercise books procured at N38 million for
distribution to schools in my constituency,” he further said.
The
lawmaker lamented that since he was elected there had been series of
attacks targeted at Christian communities in Gwoza, Chibok and Damboa
council areas, a situation that forced him to stop visiting the area.
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