Boko Haram Kill 5 In Adamawa On The Day Of Nigeria Independence

As Nigeria 55Th Independence day celebration was ongoing across the nation, Kirchinga village was under Boko Haram severe attack-killing five residents by splitting their throats.

Premium Times Reports: 
The village is the hometown of former acting governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.

Kirchinga, a village in Madagali Local Government of Adamawa state, which  shares border with the dreaded Sambisa forest, was one of the areas once annexed by Boko Haram insurgents last year.

It was however later cleared of terrorists after Boko Haram was routed by Nigerian troops in a counter insurgency operation.

A  fleeing resident of the village, Ahmad Musa, in a telephone interview, said the insurgents struck the village at about 12:30am on Thursday and started firing sporadic shots while razing down buildings, making residents to flee into nearby bushes.

The resident said  the insurgents slaughtered five trapped people, including three women and two men.
"We are now in deep sorrow," Mr. Musa lamented.

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According to him, the insurgents had a field day for many hours as they operated unchallenged due to complete absence of security personnel in the area.

Another resident of the area, John Apagwu, accused the government of leaving them to their own fate, corroborating Mr. Musa’s account that there was complete absence of security personnel in the area.

"We want the government to deploy more security personnel for us because as Nigerians the government owes us a duty to protect us," Mr. Apagwu said.

"The fact that our area share borders with Sambisa forest and Cameroon republic should have been enough reason why government must deploy security personnel to protect us. If the government does not take proactive measures to stem the ugly insurrection of insurgents into our domain, they will kill all of us."