Members of the notorious Boko Haram terrorist group raided the Kopl village in Borno state’s Chibok local government area, killing seven mourners and inflicting gunshot injuries on several others.
The Boko Haram attack comes just seven (7) hours after dozens of motorists and passengers were killed along the Gamboru Ngala-Kala Balge road after stumbling on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) set by Boko Haram terrorists, with others suffering major injuries.
Confirming the latest Chibok community incident in Kopl, Hon. Modu Mustaph, Chairman of the Council, stated that the incident occurred around 6 p.m. on Monday when armed terrorists descended on some mourners who had gathered for a final day prayer for one of their loved ones 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”.
In response to the increased escalation of attacks, particularly in the Southern Borno Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume described the situation as pitiful and beyond human conception.
He further stated that he received a distress call yesterday informing him that over ten vigilantes had been killed in a locality between Hawul, Borno, and Garkida, Adamawa.
” My people are severe casualties with no confrontation. In the last month, over a hundred were killed in several coordinated attacks in Sabon Gari, Izge, Kirawa, Pulka, Damboa, Chibok, Askira Uba and too numerous to mention. Ndume lamented.
