Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect yesterday invaded
the Dille Village in Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State,
killing five civilians and setting ablaze three churches including the
Church of Brethern in Nigeria, EYN, as well as shops and residential
buildings.
Unconfirmed reports revealed that unspecified number of the attackers
were also killed by military fighter jets that arrived the scene of the
incident and bombed them.
Displaced residents of Dille Village said, the attackers stormed
their community at about 6am from the Sambisa forest through the Damboa
axis.
Dille village is around the shores of the Sambisa forest, while
Askira-Uba is in the south and about 200 km drive from Maiduguri, the
state capital.
Security sources which confirmed the incident noted that, two
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, fighter jets that promptly arrived Dille saved
the situation as the terrorists were repelled living scores of them
dead.
source:[Vanguard]
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