The upsurge in Boko Haram attacks
continued yesterday as gunmen
stormed the local government area of
Birnin-Magaji local government area
of Zamfara, leaving 30 dead.
Acknowledging the attack, the
Chairman of the council, Muhammad
Gusami, said on Sunday that the
attacks took place in Kokeya and
Chigama villages in the area.
According to Mr. Gusami, the gunmen
invaded Kokeya village with
motorcycles and killed two persons,
set some houses ablaze and carted
away animals mostly cows.
He said that the “unfortunate
incident” had been reported to the
Divisional Police Officer of Birnin-
Magaji as well as soldiers on
surveillance of the zone.
As if things couldn’t get worse, the
attackers returned the next day and
invaded the neighbouring village of
Chigama.
“The gunmen, however, killed more
than 30 persons whose bodies were
still being recovered from the bush,’’
he said.
The chairman said the corpses have
been taken to Birnin-magaji General
Hospital.
The Chigama attack took place shortly
after Policemen had left the area
thinking that order had been restored.
The armed bandits also set several
houses on fire on their second attack
on Chigama village.
Ibrahim Sani, a witness, said that the
gunmen who invaded Kokeya came
while the villagers were closing from
their prayers.
“The attackers shot sporadically in the
air which prompted the people of
Chigama to intervene.
“That may have provoked the gunmen
to come back so as to punish Chigama
people for trying to prevent the attack
the previous day.
“While three persons were killed from
Kokeya and Chigama on the first day
in Kokeya, more than 50 were killed
on the second day in Chigama while
several houses were burnt,” Mr. Sani
said.
The Police Public Relations Officer,
Sanusi Amiru, who confirmed the
attack, said that the police and army
have moved to the area and normalcy
had been restored.
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