Suspected Boko Haram fighters on Monday evening attacked Kuda Kaya community in Madagali, Adamawa State, killing 26 persons and razing houses.
The attack, according to one of the community leaders, has sparked fear in the area. The community had been attacked by Boko Haram in the past.
District Head of Shuwa, Mohammed Sanusi, who confirmed the Kuda Kaya community attack, lamented the killing by the insurgents.
He said, twenty-four people were initially killed. But two more bodies were recovered later.
The insurgents arrived in the town at about 5.30pm and began to shoot people. There’s no person with gunshot wounds who survived. He said the insurgents also killed many cows, sheep and goats.
According to him, soldiers and vigilantes came around 7pm and chased them away. Sanusi said villages around Gulak town in Madagali were also attacked by the insurgents who operated for hours. Spokesman for the police in the state, Othman
Abubakar, on Tuesday confirmed the Kuda Kaya community attack. But he could not confirm the casualty figure, saying the divisional police officer in Madagali had yet to brief him on the attack. Punch
