FIVE FEAR DEAD AS BOKOHARAM STRIKES IN ADAMAWA

David added ‘’Kaya is just one kilometer away from Gulak, where soldiers and other security stations. Though local vigilantes later came and pursued the insurgents,’’.

Similarly, chairman of Madagali, Yusuf Muhammad, also confirmed the incident but said he had no details yet, stating that information reaching him was that people lost their lives, while security and local hunters were in pursuit of the terrorists.

A member of the House of Representatives, Adamu Kamale, who was also said to have confirmed the incident, said that he got a distress call that the insurgents struck in the community and killed five persons.

 ‘’I got a distress call early morning that they (Boko Haram) struck again in Kaya village, killing at least five people and others injured. The recent attacks indicate the group is still able to carry out major attacks and has not been defeated despite the successes achieved by Nigerian soldiers in the war’.

‘‘You know our communities are a stone’s throw from the boundary of Sambisa Forest, the insurgents’ safe haven from where they launch attacks on us,’’ Kamale noted.

The lawmaker was further quoted to have , said while the military continued to make claims of ‘decimating’ the insurgents, the situation in Madagali had been “seriously underreported” in a series of security reports filed by the military to Mr. Buhari.

“The truth remains that the group is still very active in our areas. We are calling on Mr. President not only to match words with actions but should endeavour to come and see our plight, because the insurgents are truly killing more people than he is even aware of, particularly in Michika/Madagali local government areas of Adamawa State.”

Meanwhile, record has it that, Madagali is one of the frequently attacked major towns in the northeastern state of Adamawa by Boko Haram insurgents.