About 60 persons were alleged to have been killed by suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Anchaka and neighbouring communities in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno., Alhaji Baba Shehu, the chairman of the council today disclosed to journalists in Maiduguri.
Shehu also lamented that several other persons were injured in the attacks.
He disclosed that the attackers invaded the communities in the early morning of Saturday in motorbikes before embarking on the mass destruction.
``The attackers invaded the communities early in the morning on motorbikes while residents were still sleeping.
``They set ablaze houses and shot residents who tried to escaped from the fire,'' Shehu said.
He added:`` About 60 persons were confirmed dead after the incident, with several others injured.
``Almost all the houses in the communities were destroyed by the hoodlums who threw Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) at the buidings''. He said
Shehu said that the attackers also destroyed the newly renovated motorized boreholes provided by the LGA to provide water for the communities.
He added that residents of the communities had fled to Maiduguri for fear of another attacks by the invaders.
``It is really a terrible situation, we had wanted to rush relief materials to the area to provide temporary succor to the victims.
``But we were prevailed upon by security agents to shelve our plans for security reasons,'' Shehu said.
He appealed to the federal and the state government to assist the LGA
with resources towards rehabilitating the victims.
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