Suspected members of Boko Haram Insurgents have attacked a nomadic settlement in Wuturo village in Konduga Local Government Area, killing one herder and rustling about 1,400 sheep.
The Borno State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth Daso, in a statement on Thursday said the attack was reported to the Konduga Police Division by members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.
According to Daso, the attackers arrived at the settlement late at night on motorcycles.
“Upon receipt of the report, a combined team of the Police, Military and other security stakeholders, including the Civilian Joint Task Force and local hunters, led by the Divisional Police Officer Konduga, swiftly mobilised to the scene”.
“The victims were evacuated to the hospital where Ahmadu Baida was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor, while the injured victim is currently receiving treatment and responding positively,” he said.
The statement said: “Following a report received by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association Konduga at Konduga Police Division that on March 10, 2026, at about 2230 hours, unknown gunmen riding on five motorcycles invaded the settlement”.
The statement explained that preliminary investigation shows that one person was killed during the attack, while another sustained injuries.
The statement added that “Preliminary investigations revealed that during the attack, Ahmadu Baida, 40, sustained fatal gunshot injuries, while Mohammadu Baida, 30, sustained a gunshot wound on his left leg. The attackers also rustled about one thousand four hundred (1,400) sheep belonging to the herdsmen”.
The police spokesperson said security agencies have begun operations aimed at apprehending those responsible and recovering the stolen livestock.
The statement added that: “Tactical and intelligence assets have also been strategically deployed across the affected area and adjoining communities to strengthen security presence”.
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Naziru Abdulmajid, condemned the attack and extended condolences to the family of the deceased.
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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