The dreaded Islamic extremist sect, Boko Haram has struck Damboa town, Borno State once again, killing many people.
According to witnesses, the group carried out the attack by throwing explosives into residential homes and shooting everyone in sight.
“The insurgents attacked the town from 6:30pm (1730 GMT) on Thursday to the early hours of today,” a local government official in Damboa’s local government who spoke on the condition of anonymity explained.
“They killed many people. Women and children fled into the bush. Those who could not flee surrendered and were killed by the insurgents.”
The terrorists had attacked a police station and an army camp in Damboa on 6th July, running the security forces out of the town.
Damboa residents have been left unguarded since the previous attack, the official and witnesses said.
A Damboa resident, Ahmed Buba told newsmen that the terrorists attacked when locals were preparing to break the Ramadan fast at sundown.
“We were defenceless because all the security personnel, including soldiers and policemen, have withdrawn,” he said.
Survivors of the raid have all fled to the state capital Maiduguri to sought shelter in the palace of the area’s top cleric, Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, also known as the Shehu of Borno.
The survivors “lodged a complaint with the Shehu because there are no security forces in Damboa,” the local government official said.
