Chibok has been attacked 69 times, 299 killed – Community
NO fewer than 299 people have been killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State within the last six years, a socio-cultural organisation, Kibaku Area Development Association, has said.
While soliciting for global efforts to save the Chibok community from terrorists, the organisation said the Chibok LGA had been attacked 69 times in same period, adding that the situation was affecting farming in the area.
The KADA Director (Media and Communication), Dr. Allen Manasseh, said these in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to him, aside the missing 122 schoolgirls, many persons have been abducted, while destruction and looting of their property, especially foodstuffs have been carried out with so much impunity.
The statement reads, “Over the past six years, our communities in Chibok LGA have been attacked 69 times with 299 deaths; many abducted aside the 122 Chibok girls still missing, destructions and lootings of our properties, more especially foodstuff.
“Amongst our communities that were attacked – some severely and serially with no resistance or precautionary measures by our government include Chibok town, Bwalakila, Takulashi, Kwople, Kwaranglum, Kautikari, Gatamwarwa, Thlaimakalama, Mifa, Kakilmari, Bwaftari, and Kwada.
Others are Kaumutahyahi, Kuburmbula, Mifa, Paya yesu Bila Maburdar, Yimirmugza, Mbulabam, Gagilam, Piying, Mboa-Kura, Ntsiha A,B,C, and many other locations too numerous to capture in a single statement.
“Some have been attacked over 10 times with our locals and the few security forces ensuring the towns are not laid desolate and turned ghost towns.
“As a community, we want it on record that we appreciate the sacrifices and gallantry of the few Nigerian security forces working to secure our communities. But their numerical strengths and promptness to respond and ensure extermination of the terrorists have not met our expectation.”
The statement further read, “On the eve of Christmas, our key farming community of Pemi was attacked, in which we lost seven lives and two abducted with churches, and many houses razed by the assailants – terrorists. Punch
