Suspected Boko Haram fighters launched a deadly attack on a community in Adamawa’s Hong local government area, claiming six lives in the span of barely a week.
Another attack has occurred but this time in Kwapre Village same in Hong Local Government Area Saturday evening.
The attackers believed to be members of the notorious Boko Haram insurgent group launched a deadly assault, killing 10 local vigilantes and leaving several others injured.
“We lost 10 brave men, and others are fighting for their lives at FMC Hong” said one of the elders of the community.
The wounded were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Hong for urgent treatment, as confirmed by Hyella Anthony, a Kwapre indigene and former Councillor of Garaha Ward.
One of those who saw the carnage, Anthony, visibly shaken also confirmed the incident said this one attack too many on the area.
“These gunmen came in large numbers, heavily armed, and overpowered our vigilantes who were trying to protect the village. We lost 10 brave men, and others are fighting for their lives at FMC Hong.
The District Head of Dugwaba, Simon Yakubu, expressed deep anguish over the recurring attacks, noting that this was the fifth assault on villages in the area within the past two weeks.
“Where then do we run to, especially now that the rainy season has approached,” he asked.
Yakubu pleaded, his voice with the government to intervene, “we cannot continue like this”.
The District Head explained the impact of these attacks stressing that more than 15 villages, home to over 6,000 people, have been deserted as residents flee their homes and farms as a result of continued attacks by insurgents.