Seven people were killed in Makintamari
village in Kaga Local Government in Borno
state along the Damaturu/Maiduguri road.
Eyewitnesses said the travellers were
beheaded with their heads placed on their
lifeless bodies on the main road.
At the Makintafamari village, in a separate
incident, gunmen also cut the throats of
four persons on Saturday. They were
returning to Maiduguri in the evening.
Borno Police chief Lawal Tanko confirmed
the attacks .
Makintamari is a few kilometers from
Benishek where over 100 travelers were
murdered a week ago by suspected Boko
Haram sect members.
Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam said:
“We call on Mr. President and all the
security chiefs, to intensify security
operations through aerial surveillance, to
contain the situation before it consumes
the region and country.
“On our way from Maiduguri to Damaturu
this afternoon (Sunday), we saw a trailer
and bus that were burnt, with the
occupants slaughtered and their corpses
littering the highway.
“Government should rise up to its
responsibilities to save the lives and
properties of its citizens,” he pleaded15.
The governor said that anyone travelling on
the Damaturu to Maiduguri highway, was
taking a huge risk.
He urged the newly established Seven
Division of the Nigerian Army, to intensify
surveillance of all flash points in the two
states, to flush out the insurgents.
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