Suspected Boko Haram militants riding motorbikes yesterday stormed two villages in Northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people.
A local official told journalists yesterday that the assaults are part of a surge by Boko Haram and its Islamic State splinter ISWAP, who have stepped up deadly attacks on military bases and villages in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeast.
The Chairman of Askira-Uba district, where one of the attacks occurred, Mada Saidu, the gunmen raided the villages of Pubagu and Mayo-Ladde in the states of Borno and neighbouring Adamawa, respectively, yesterday afternoon after overwhelming local vigilantes.
Mada Saidu, explained that at least 11 people were killed in Pubagu and 9 in Mayo-Ladde where homes and shops were burnt and food supplies looted.
Islamist militants have waged a 17-year insurgency seeking to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria, killing thousands and displacing at least 2 million people, aid groups say, despite major military campaigns to root them out.
Additional Reporting from Associated Press.
