The death toll from the Boko Haram attacks in Borno and
Adamawa villages has risen to 138. The casualties from residents in
Kawuri village in Borno State has risen to 83 while that of the attack
on a church in Chakawa village in Madagali local government area of
Adamawa State has also risen to 53.
The development came as residents of Kawuri village have informed Borno State governor Kashim Shettima that they had so far buried 83 bodies and were still counting.
Governor Shettima was in Kawuri village yesterday to commiserate with the people of the area following the deadly attack.
Shettima, drenched in emotional outburst, condemned the attack, saying “those who did this are never godly people; they are evil and blood-thirsty fellows”.
According to him, “Islam has never in any of its holy books sanctioned the killing of fellow beings; how can people who burn churches, mosques, kill innocent people including their own parents be called Jihadists?”
Shettima who took time to go round the badly ravaged town for about three hours had a brief meeting with the villagers and assured them of government support and compensation to help them.
According to the councillor of Kawuri village, Dala Lawan, as well as as the council secretary of Konduga, Ali a Kaka Yale, the total number of deaths has increased to 85, while the injured who are presently hospitalized are 46 in number.
“We are still searching and have been burying corpses since yesterday; the first burial was 53 but more corpses are still being picked in the bushes and some with serious injuries also died. We have just found two more corpses, which brings the death toll to 85 for now.”
LEADERSHIP saw women, children, old and young men with burnt skins screaming in pains on hospital beds in Konduga town, about 10km away from Kawuri village.
A mother, Rabi Mallam, 46, who has a second degree burn, said she and her son and granddaughter were hiding inside the room when the gunmen set their home on fire.
A newly married couple who said they lost everything were amongst the villagers leaving Kawuri at the time LEADERSHIP reporter visited the village alongside the state governor.
Governor Shettima had ordered that the sum of N250,000 be given to each family who lost their relatives in the attack. He also ordered that the trucks of food items brought to them be shared to all affected at once.
Shettima had also ordered more security presence in the area, as villagers said most of those that particated in the attack were young men from the village.
The governor who went round the Konduga General Hospital wards to commiserate with the injured ones ordered that those with serious injuries should be transferred to the Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri.
Adamawa church attack
Meanwhile, the executive chairman of Madagali local government, Mr Maina Ularamu, has confirm that the death toll from the gruesome attack on a church in Chakawa village of Madagali LGA of Adamawa State has risen to 53.
He also said that local officials had counted 45 corpses excluding two policemen totaling, while several others were injured and were rushed to hospitals.
The gunmen who were armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons later invaded another border village and killed more people before they fled to the neighboring Cameroun Republic.
A resident of the area who did not want his name in print said he counted about 53 bodies before they were evacuated to hospitals.
When contacted, the brigade commander of the 23rd Armored Brigade, Yola, Brigadier General Rogers Nicholas, confirmed the attack, although he said he was yet to ascertain the death toll. The impact of the attack was minimal, he said, and that the military was on top of the security.
But residents of the area said they were living in mortal fear as more attacks could be launched on them since the attackers have not been killed by the soldiers.
The spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Yola, Reverend Father Raymond Danbouye, also confirmed that dozens were killed and were buried at a funeral on Monday.
Reps send 20-man delegation to probe Borno attacks
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives yesterday named a 20-member delegation to visit Borno State where a reported suicide attack occurred at the post office area of Maiduguri, the state capital, killing 50.
The House delegation led by the House chief whip, Hon. Mohammed Ishaku Bawa (PDP, Taraba), consisted of Hon. Linus Okorie (PDP, Ebonyi), Idris Ahmed Wase (PDP, Plateau), Bashir Adamu (PDP, Jigawa), Yakubu Dogara (APC, Bauchi), Andrew Uchendu (APC, Rivers) and Makinde Mikhail (APC, Osun).
Others include Hon. Stella Dorgu (PDP, Bayelsa), Binta Bello Maigari (PDP, Gombe) and Nkoyo Toyo (PDP, Cross River).
Also on the team are all members of the House from Borno State: Hon. Abdul Mshelia, Abdulrahman Terah, Muktar Betara Aliyu, Muhmud Lawan Maina and Peter Biye Gumtha. The rest are Mohammed Ngamdu, Mohammed Monguno, Isa Lawan, Kaka Kyari Gudjubawu and Ka’amuna Khadi.
The development came as residents of Kawuri village have informed Borno State governor Kashim Shettima that they had so far buried 83 bodies and were still counting.
Governor Shettima was in Kawuri village yesterday to commiserate with the people of the area following the deadly attack.
Shettima, drenched in emotional outburst, condemned the attack, saying “those who did this are never godly people; they are evil and blood-thirsty fellows”.
According to him, “Islam has never in any of its holy books sanctioned the killing of fellow beings; how can people who burn churches, mosques, kill innocent people including their own parents be called Jihadists?”
Shettima who took time to go round the badly ravaged town for about three hours had a brief meeting with the villagers and assured them of government support and compensation to help them.
According to the councillor of Kawuri village, Dala Lawan, as well as as the council secretary of Konduga, Ali a Kaka Yale, the total number of deaths has increased to 85, while the injured who are presently hospitalized are 46 in number.
“We are still searching and have been burying corpses since yesterday; the first burial was 53 but more corpses are still being picked in the bushes and some with serious injuries also died. We have just found two more corpses, which brings the death toll to 85 for now.”
LEADERSHIP saw women, children, old and young men with burnt skins screaming in pains on hospital beds in Konduga town, about 10km away from Kawuri village.
A mother, Rabi Mallam, 46, who has a second degree burn, said she and her son and granddaughter were hiding inside the room when the gunmen set their home on fire.
A newly married couple who said they lost everything were amongst the villagers leaving Kawuri at the time LEADERSHIP reporter visited the village alongside the state governor.
Governor Shettima had ordered that the sum of N250,000 be given to each family who lost their relatives in the attack. He also ordered that the trucks of food items brought to them be shared to all affected at once.
Shettima had also ordered more security presence in the area, as villagers said most of those that particated in the attack were young men from the village.
The governor who went round the Konduga General Hospital wards to commiserate with the injured ones ordered that those with serious injuries should be transferred to the Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri.
Adamawa church attack
Meanwhile, the executive chairman of Madagali local government, Mr Maina Ularamu, has confirm that the death toll from the gruesome attack on a church in Chakawa village of Madagali LGA of Adamawa State has risen to 53.
He also said that local officials had counted 45 corpses excluding two policemen totaling, while several others were injured and were rushed to hospitals.
The gunmen who were armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons later invaded another border village and killed more people before they fled to the neighboring Cameroun Republic.
A resident of the area who did not want his name in print said he counted about 53 bodies before they were evacuated to hospitals.
When contacted, the brigade commander of the 23rd Armored Brigade, Yola, Brigadier General Rogers Nicholas, confirmed the attack, although he said he was yet to ascertain the death toll. The impact of the attack was minimal, he said, and that the military was on top of the security.
But residents of the area said they were living in mortal fear as more attacks could be launched on them since the attackers have not been killed by the soldiers.
The spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Yola, Reverend Father Raymond Danbouye, also confirmed that dozens were killed and were buried at a funeral on Monday.
Reps send 20-man delegation to probe Borno attacks
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives yesterday named a 20-member delegation to visit Borno State where a reported suicide attack occurred at the post office area of Maiduguri, the state capital, killing 50.
The House delegation led by the House chief whip, Hon. Mohammed Ishaku Bawa (PDP, Taraba), consisted of Hon. Linus Okorie (PDP, Ebonyi), Idris Ahmed Wase (PDP, Plateau), Bashir Adamu (PDP, Jigawa), Yakubu Dogara (APC, Bauchi), Andrew Uchendu (APC, Rivers) and Makinde Mikhail (APC, Osun).
Others include Hon. Stella Dorgu (PDP, Bayelsa), Binta Bello Maigari (PDP, Gombe) and Nkoyo Toyo (PDP, Cross River).
Also on the team are all members of the House from Borno State: Hon. Abdul Mshelia, Abdulrahman Terah, Muktar Betara Aliyu, Muhmud Lawan Maina and Peter Biye Gumtha. The rest are Mohammed Ngamdu, Mohammed Monguno, Isa Lawan, Kaka Kyari Gudjubawu and Ka’amuna Khadi.
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