JUST IN: 21 killed as Boko Haram sacks villages near Chibok

- 21 persons have been reportedly killed in
Boko Haram attack near Chibok

- The Chibok attracted world attention for the
first time in April 2014 after the sect invaded
the Government Girls Secondary School in the
town, abducting about 275 students

- The survivors were said to have relocated

The Chibok axis in Borno state seems to be back
under the radar of the terror sect, Boko Haram.

The Nation reports that the group has, in the last one
week, killed 21 people in two separate attacks in
villages close to Chibok, according to residents.

Newslanded gathered that Chibok attracted world attention for the first time in April 2014 after the sect
invaded the Government Girls Secondary School in the
town, abducting about 275 students.

Five of the girls managed to escape soon after the
kidnapping, while 21 were first released after
lengthy negotiations in October last year and another
82 last month.

The latest attacks on Kaya, 27 kilometres from Chibok
occurred last Sunday and a village close to Gumsri
last Wednesday.

The insurgents reportedly swooped on Kaya on the
fateful day on motorcycles, bicycles and started firing
at everyone in sight.

They burnt houses and killed those who were unable
to run into the bush.

Newslanded had earlier reported that two Chibok girls who escaped Sambisa forest in 2014 graduated from American school

The survivors have relocated. The second attack
came 72 hours later when the terrorists attacked the
next village close to Gumsri.

“As it is all the villagers in those communities have
deserted, they have packed their belongings and
come to Chibok. So many attacks and innocent lives
have been lost in Damboa LGA but it is usually not
reported,” online publication, The Cable, quoted a
resident as saying.

“To us here in Chibok, we are living in fear because
that it is the only place that has been like a roadblock
to them coming to us. Some people that cannot
withstand the situation are even moving to Maiduguri
which is safe for them.”

On whether there are no soldiers on ground during
the attacks, he said the soldiers around find it difficult
to get to the place of the attacks “because of the far
distance from where they are to the village.”

“Even with the presence of a brigade, the problem
the security people are having here is that mostly,
the communities attacked are under Damboa council
but the soldiers are closer to Chibok,” he said.