The insurgents numbering over 20
fully armed with AK47 rifles, petrol bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices
(IEDs) stormed the community at about 10pm on Sunday using two Hilux
vehicles and 5 motorcycles and had a field day as they wrecked havoc by sacking
the whole people from the village.
Kwajaffa, a predominantly Christian
community located in a valley had witnessed series of devastating attacks by
insurgents in recent past with killing of many residents and the destruction of
Church of Brethren (EYN church), the most popular church with highest number of
worshippers in the village.
It is located south east and
about 20km drive from Azare, the council headquarters of Hawul which is south
and about 215km drive to Maiduguri, the state capital.
One of the residents, Ahmad Ali told
AFP that, “the residents thought the Islamist insurgents were going to preach
and leave but in fact they opened fire on the crowd. They then went on setting
fire to homes, burning half of the village before they left”.
Another lucky resident who
fled the attack and did not want his name mentioned for security reasons, told
our Correspondent that “the insurgents who stormed the area started chanting
Allahu Akbar in Arabic (God is great) threatening residents that the new
government of Gen.
Mohammed Buhari will witness massive deadly attacks by
insurgents more than what it was witnessed under the Jonathan led PDP
administration”.
He noted that many people were killed
and houses, as well as shops and a church were razed down by the terrorists,
stressing that, most of those killed could not be buried as everybody was
running out of the rocky community for his/her dear lives.
All effort to get confirmation from
the security operatives proved abortive, but a credible security source who is
not authorized to talk to the press confirmed the latest attack in Kwajaffa by
Boko Haram sect, insisting that many lives were lost with property worth
millions of naira destroyed on Sunday evening.
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