No fewer than five persons have been killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying goods and passengers in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.
The gunmen also abducted seven women during the attack on a security-escorted convoy of commuters and good-transporting vehicles.
It took place at about 2:30 pm, very close to the Nigeria-Cameroon border town of Banki in the LGA.
According to a source who confirmed the incident via an audio message on WhatsApp, “The convoy of commuter and goods vehicles tan into an ambush near Banki.”
He continued, “One of the vehicles developed a fault, and when such happens all the soldiers concentrate their attention on the faulty vehicle until it is repaired before the journey continues.
“That’s what happened that day; as the soldiers concentrated their attention on a vehicle that developed fault, the insurgents attacked, killing two commuters, the driver of one of the vehicles and his two assistants abducted about seven women and set the convoy ablaze.”
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Kaumi said “Of recent, the insurgents only attack such convoys, snatching money and every valuable, including any good pair of shoes from commuters, leaving them to continue the journey alive and unhurt; but last Thursday, they attacked with anger.”
He said Boko Haram attacks have now become more rampant along the Nigeria and Cameroonian sides of the border.
Security agencies are yet to issue any statement.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the Zaria Central Mosque which collapsed while worshippers were praying on Friday afternoon, has risen to 11 with over 20 injured victims in hospitals receiving treatment.
Spokesperson of the Zazzau Emirate Council, Malam Abdullahi Aliyu Kwarbai told journalists that the dead were buried at about 8.30 pm on Friday.
He said a delegation assigned by the Emir to visit the injured at a Wusasa hospital, met about 24 injured victims including 4 that died.
He said the Emir condoled with the families that lost their relations in the mishap and ordered prayers to be conducted outside the Mosque building until repairs were done.
He said the Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli was not in the Mosque during the incident.