ISWAP Kills 26 fishermen in Borno
AREWA AGENDA – No fewer than 26 persons suspected to be fishermen were shot dead in an attack by suspected Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) militants in Gamborun Ngala local government area of Borno, security. Sources said last Wednesday night.
Gamboru Ngala is about 180km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital shares international border with Cameroun Republic.
Information obtained by Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region revealed that scores of the terrorists riding on motorcycles stormed the field and began shooting the fishermen sporadically.
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The sources said that nine among the victims managed to fled with three of them with bullet wounds, while the rest were rounded up by the gunmen and were murdered.
The sources said, “They asked them to lay down. Thereafter, they used their fishing net and wrapped them before they started torturing them. After they became unconscious, they opened fire at them, killing them instantly.
The bodies of the 26 farmers were later recovered during search and rescue operation by troops who received the information from victims who fled the attack.
“The attack on civilians came one week after the troops of Operation Hadin Kai intercepted and killed one Commander of the terrorists and some of his fighters during a fighting patrol in Mukdolo village.
“The victims will be buried on Thursday,” the source added.
