Suspected Boko Haram members who were riding on camels have ambushed no fewer than 11 local wood-loggers and beheaded them.
The killing occurred in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
A reliable source who works as a member of the vigilante group in the area and availed our journalists with the information via the phone disclosed further that the incident occurred on Monday near Bale, a remote village in Damboa LGA.
According to the local vigilante source, the dismembered bodies of the victims were recovered at the scene around 5 pm.
“We found six bodies of the wood loggers who were butchered by the Boko Haram people from the location on Monday evening.
“We do not think any of them survived the attack. Their bodies were badly dismembered, and we found them in a pool of blood as all parts of their bodies were cut into pieces.
“We immediately organised ourselves to bury what remains of them in the evening according to Islamic rites. Although five people are still missing, we are praying that those five should escape, and maybe when tension calms down, they will return to us to narrate what really happened. But for now, we don’t know if they escaped or were abducted too,” the source stated.
Journalists learnt from another member of the vigilante group that, “the loggers were working at their charcoal site when they were suddenly rounded up by the terrorists who refused all pleas for mercy from their victims but went ahead to kill the six persons instantly.”
