Boko Haram Kills 21 In Yobe

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 persons in Bultaram village, Yobe state as they were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies.

According to an official of Gujba Local Government Area, Mallam Baba Nuhu, “the men, 21 of them, were stopped at Bultaram (village) by gunmen we believe are Boko Haram who shot them dead”.

Nuhu and Haruna Maram, the brother of one of the victims, spoke to AFP from Yobe’s capital Damaturu, where many Gujba residents have fled to seek refuge from Boko Haram violence.

“My brother and 20 others wanted to bring back their grains to augment their lean food supplies to feed their families. Unfortunately, they were killed by the same Boko Haram we ran away from”, Maram said.

Gujba is one of a handful of districts in Yobe that Boko Haram captured during a sweeping offensive last year.

The area has been hit by waves of attacks including a massacre at a college in 2013 that targeted students sleeping their dormitories.

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