BOOK HARAM ATTACKS TRAVELLERS, VILLAGERS NEAR MAIDUGURI
A witness, who is a residents of the community , Bulama Aji said the attackers were in large number when they started the attack at about 6.30 p.m. at a period when Muslims were about to break their fast.
“They were in large number driving in more than a dozen vehicles. No one suspected that they were Boko Haram until they were about entering into Maiduguri. I wonder where the soldiers were when such a large number of gunmen invaded their convoy’, he said.
“Suddenly we saw one of the vehicles pull out in full speed and ram into a military escort van and a bomb went off. From then on, the other gunmen who embedded in the different parts of the convoy started shooting at the passengers as everyone scampered into safety.
The gunmen made their way to Molai where they continued to shoot while setting houses and vehicles on fire. From the way they attacked using car bomb, there is no doubt there would many casualties. But we cannot ascertain the extent of the damage till tomorrow morning,” Aji said.
Penpushing further reports that, as at the time of filing this report more soldiers have been deployed to the area, while an official of the local vigilante in that area, confirmed that many people may have been killed in the attack.
