Nigeria: Boko Haram Attack Kills Nine Soldiers, Abducts Women, Children In Gwoza, Borno

The assailants overran the 82 Task Force Battalion base and an IDP camp in Gwoza, Borno State, killing at least nine soldiers, the local chief imam, and an unknown number of civilians.

They abducted over 100 women and children, burned vehicles, homes, and businesses. Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume blamed insurgents upset over government resettlement plans for returnees from Cameroon, while the Nigerian Air Force responded with airstrikes that neutralized more than 50 fighters.

Thousands of survivors now shelter in Pulka, appealing for food, clothing, and blankets amid ongoing vulnerabilities in the 14-year insurgency.

Local sources also revealed that the terrorists went into the Ngoshe community, killed the Chief Imam and abducted more than 100 women and children.

“Residents have fled Ngoshe town to the adjoining town, Pulka. The attack is very devastating considering that refugees have begun to return from Cameroon,’ one of the sources said.

He alleged that informers might have played a role in the coordinated attack, “It’s not possible to carry out such an attack without information from within us. The Chief Imam was slaughterers a lot of 6and over 100 women and children abducted,’ he said.

Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South), confirmed the killing of the soldiers and civilians by the terrorists, while calling for a serious military operation in Sambisa Forests and the Mandara Mountains

He said the insurgents were not comfortable with the government resettlement plan in the area that is why they set ablaze many houses and businesses in the town.