Boko Haram militants burn church, legislator’s house in Borno State

Gunmen
suspected to
be members of the dreaded Islamic militants, Boko
Haram have burnt down a church and a house of a
National Assembly member, Hon. Peter Biye.
They carried out the attack on Friday in Gwoza
town of Gwoza Local Government council of Borno
State.
Biye, who is a member of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) representing Damboa, Chibok and
Gwoza federal constituency disclosed that a
church, located close to his house was not spared
by the assailants.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, the legislator
said when the assailants stormed his house at
Bzuba village along Gwoza Pulka road at night on
Wednesday, they carted away over 70 domestic
animals before setting the building on fire.
He said about three weeks before the incident, he
had raised alarm on the need for military
authorities to intensify security in the area but
nothing was done.
"While in the house, the attackers burnt a
consignment of sorghum which was meant
for distribution to our people to cushion their
hardships. They also burnt 30,000 pieces of
exercise books, 30,000 packets of biro and
30,000 packets of chalk which I bought for
distribution to schools in my
constituency. When I got information from
my people that the insurgents were in my
village, I called the officer in charge of the
area but he did not pick my call. It was the
next day that he called back and told me that
he was no longer in charge of the area", he
said.
There was no official statement from the 7 Division
of the Nigerian Army but a senior military officer
who spoke under anonymity confirmed the attack.
Source: Daily Post

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