Boko Haram insurgents are said to have turned armed robbers as they invaded Bale Shuwa Village in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State last night, carting away 200 cows, 300 Sheep and goats.
According to the Northeast Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Bashir Garga in a statement today, Sunday in Maiduguri, the suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked Bale-Shuwa village in Jere Local Government Area at about 7.30 pm on Saturday.
“One disabled person was allegedly killed and 65 houses were burnt, while 200 cows, 300 sheep and goats were carted away.”
Bashir Garga said that those wounded in the attack were provided with treatment and that humanitarian needs assessment is being conducted to ensure mobilization of immediate relief assistance to the victims.
This was even as normalcy has been restored in the areas as people who had fled the communities returned to their homes after the military repelled the insurgents’ attack.
