Abuja - Scores of terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram fighters have killed several people in a fresh attack on Baga town in Borno State.
According to local reports, many of the residents of the town have fled to Maiduguri, the state capital, and have been seen at the Baga motor park in the city.
One of the fleeing residents, Ibrahim Kaka, told journalists in Maiduguri that the insurgents have hoisted their flag at the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) after attacking the military base.
Kaka said he slept in the bush and trekked several miles before he got a bus which brought him to Maiduguri.
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“It was around 5am yesterday (Saturday) when we started hearing gunshots and they gain entrance into the Multinational National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) where they killed many civilian leaving in the barrack,” he said.
Another fleeing resident, Modu Isa, said that the insurgents also followed people fleeing to the bush where they killed many people.
“They did not spare anybody as they shot at men, women and even children who were fleeing inside the bush,” he added.
This publication established that some of the residents were now occuping the Jajeri primary school behind the Baga market and while several indigenes of the town residing in Maiduguri were at the Baga motor park to search for their relatives.
- CAJ News
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