Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents,at the weekend, attacked a police station, court, primary school and three churches in Fota Village, Lala District at Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. During the attack 10 people including seven police men were feared killed.
Sources from the area stated that, the gunmen attacked from several directions in the village, shooting indiscriminately. Apart from the policemen, six other villagers were killed by the terrorists, who reportedly operated for several hours unchallenged. Three of the deceased villagers were killed at a wedding ceremony in Bisir village. "When they arrived Fota at about 9p.m. Saturday, they headed straight to the police station and set it ablaze; thereafter they torched the Area Court Building and a block of classrooms at Fota Primary School," a youth leader from the village said.
"The gunmen drove in dozens in a convoy of Hilux vehicles, motorcycles, among others, chanting, Allahu Akbar, (God is great) several times before fleeing after the the attack. The residents said that troops were later deployed as many villagers were said to have slept in hilltops. Another source from the area, who also pleaded anonymity said that, the terrorists were those fleeing from Sambista Forest in Borno State, following military onslaught in the area. ”They must be members of Boko Haram sect fleeing from Sambista forest as a result of the recent military onslaught there,” the source explained.
As boko haram continues to destroy lives and properties in the North, one is forced to ask if this sect is really concerned about fighting westernization or fighting to establish Islamic rule in the country? From their mode of operation, it looks as if they are bent on destabilizing the peace and stability in Nigeria because they have taken the lives of many of their own kind in a bid to disrupt the peace in the land and they are so far from establishing their agenda.Just as the Civil war ended with the Ibo's failing to divide the country, so will Boko haram fail but we will forever mourn the innocent lives lost in this deadly war years to come.
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