No fewer than 5,000 persons are displaced after some groups suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked the Kwapre community in the Garaha ward of the Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa on Friday.
Kwapre village is few meters to Sambisa forest in Borno state, den of Boko Haram who unleashed terror in the Northeast for more than eleven years.
The Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) Dr. Mohammed Sulaiman who made this known in Yola on Sunday, explained that the displacement affected many other neighboring communities in the area.
“The insurgents who came in nine vehicles after surrounding the village launched an attack on the village and killed seven people, including three children.
“During the attack, 50 houses, worship centers, markets, and schools were burnt.
“Many people, including women, girls, and men, were kidnapped by the attackers.
”However, we received a report that eight persons among the kidnapped victims escaped.
“The displaced during the attack and are taking refuge in nearby villages,” he said. Also commenting, Mr. Simon Yakubu, the District Head of Dugwaba, told newsmen in Yola that the attackers invaded the village at about 1 p.m. and started shooting.
“During the attack that lasted for more than two hours, more than 20 persons are injured and no fewer than 20 persons are kidnapped by the attackers.
“Places of worship, schools, shops food stores and village head house was destroyed,” he said.
Yakubu said that the injured had been receiving treatment at Hong General Hospital, while two persons who were critically injured by gunshot had been referred to Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
According to him, many villages in Dugwaba district, including Kwapre are few kilometers away from the Sambisa forest where insurgents use for attacks.
The District Head recalled that in 2014, Kwapre village was attacked and destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents.
When contacted, Mr. James Pukuma, Chairman of, Hong Local Government Area, said that normalcy has returned to the area as security and local security groups had been deployed to protect lives and property.
Pukuma called on the people of the area to be vigilant and report any suspicious movement to the nearest security agency for quick response.
Also, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Adamawa Police Command confirmed the attack.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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