Atleast three people were slaughtered while 8 others sustained knives/cutlass injuries when some suspected Boko Haram sect members ambushed Bama Local Government Area of Borno state.
The incident according to sources took place over the weekend when the gunmen stormed some houses and resort to the use of knives and cultlasses, as using gunshots will attract the presence of security agencies and men of the vigilante youths, popularly addressed as “Civilian JTF”.
Bama is about 67 kilometres away from Maiduguri the state capital which is a stronghold of Boko Haram terrorists which had witnessed series of attacks and killings, the last episode was when some armed terrorists launched a coordinated attacks on Mobile Police Barracks and some military posts, which led to the death of several security agencies, while a top Commander of the sect, Momodu Bama with a bounty of N25 million on him by JTF, and also second-in Command to the Leader, Abubakar Shekau, was killed in an exchange of gun battle with security troops.
source: nigerianeye
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