Suspected members of Boko Haram sect on Sunday ambushed commercial motorists on a Borno State highway, killing four persons, injuring three others and kidnapping two, a member of the youth vigilance group said on Sunday.
A youth vigilance member, Ali Ngulde, disclosed this while speaking with our correspondent, adding that the notorious militants ambushed commercial motorists at a remote village, Nwajurko, near Sabon Gari in Damboa Local Government Area.Ngulde said, ”Boko Haram, in a highway ambush, killed four persons, abducted two, and injured three others on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu highway.”
A source at Biu General Hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity to our correspondent, said three persons were brought to the hospital and they were in a critical condition as a result of serious gunshot injuries.
Sabon Gari village is located in the southern part of Borno State. It is about 125 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Culled from:
Punch Newspaper
Punch Newspaper
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