Boko haram Attacking Village Near Chibok

Information reaching PREMIUM TIMES
indicate that armed gunmen suspected
to be members of the Boko Haram are
currently attacking Kuburvwa Village.
The village is 10 km from Chibok
Town, where over 200 female students
were kidnapped in Borno in April
2014.
According to an official of the Vigilante
Group of Nigeria in Borno State, Abbas
Gava, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES
on phone from Maiduguri, the gunmen
invaded the agrarian village at about
6.30 p.m.
The shot sporadically forcing residents
to flee into surrounding bushes.
“As I am speaking to you now the
gunmen are setting every house on
fire after chasing the villagers away”,
Mr. Gava, the spokesman of the
Vigilante Group, said.
“From the information we have
received from our operatives in
Chibok and Kautikari, the number of
casualty cannot be ascertained for now
because the Boko Haram insurgents
are still in the village”.
Details to come later…