Twenty-one persons have been killed by men suspected to be
insurgents, dressed in military camouflage, in a highway attack in Yobe State.
The 21 persons, according to a local vigilante source, had
been residing in Damaturu after fleeing their communities earlier captured by
the insurgents.
But at the weekend, they undertook a trip to their
communities to carry some foodstuffs from their silos because they felt that
peace had returned to the place.
However, the victims who had been displaced from Lazarawa,
Ngirbua, Maram and Garin Kuyama villages miscalculated as they were attacked on
their way on Yobe Road.
The source claimed that the victims were intercepted and
killed in Bultaram village on their way back to Damaturu.
“They opened fire on all of them, we believe they cannot be
soldiers but insurgents dressed in military camouflage,” he said.
He revealed that the bodies of the victims had not been
buried as their relations were awaiting clearance from the military authorities
operating in the area.
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