Boko Haram raid Niger village for hours; kill eight, abduct 160 persons
Boko Haram militias have killed eight and kidnapped 160 persons during a raid that lasted for several hours on Kuchi, a town in the Munya Local Government area of Niger state. BBC Hausa reported that “The attackers killed eight people and abducted a hundred and sixty people, after breaking into shops and stealing food and necessities,” quoting
Aminu Na-jume, the chairman of Munya Local Government.
“When they came there, they cooked Indomie for more than two hours at the tea shops, they drank tea, they lit the fire, and they felt warm because it was raining,” Mr Na-jume said.He added, “After that, they broke into people’s shops and took cold things like bottled oranges, food, biscuits and rice.”
When asked about the attack on Sunday, Niger state police spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, told Peoples Gazette to wait for the police to get its “fact and details” about the attack.
“Let me get my facts and details,” Mr Abiodun said. 160 might be an exaggeration, but let me get my facts and details. In due course, I’ll revert to you.”
The attack on Kuchi town comes barely a week after bandits dressed in military abducted about 20 people in the Dawaki community in the Federal Capital Territory.
Similarly, last week Monday, bandits raided and killed at least 40 persons at Zurak, a village in the Wase Local Government area of Plateau State.President Bola Tinubu’s government, which will mark its one year in office in a few days, has come under public criticism amid these waves of attacks.
Opposition leader Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party condemned the attacks in a statement, saying they exposed the propaganda and lies of the Tinubu-led government.Also lamenting rising insecurity in the country, Peter Obi of the Labour Party urged the Tinubu-led government to wake up to its responsibilities of protecting the lives and properties of Nigerians following the Plateau attack that left many dead.