Boko Haram Saturday staged an series of dare-devil attack in Kuseri village between Gamboru Ngala council area, Borno and Cameroon Republic, Friday and Saturday.
At the end of the attacks, 56 persons were feared dead, including a Chinese national.
The insurgents also abducted five policemen, seized the Armoured Patrol Vehicle (APC) the policemen were using and also whisking 10 Chinese nationals.
According to information at our disposal, the missing policemen are: Inspector Luka Maina, Sergeant Manya Chaka, Corporals Hassan Dauda, Emmanuel Onoche and Umar Ali.
Speaking anonymously, a local police officer confirmed the abduction of the abducted policemen and Chinese.
“Boko Haram Islamists attacked a camp of road workers. A Chinese was killed. 10 Chinese cannot be found since the attack. We think they have probably been kidnapped,” he noted.
The incident took place at Banki incident took place on Friday when some policemen attached to Banki Division were attacked by some group of terrorists while they were trying to drop six of them at the junction’s road.
In another attack early Saturday morning, an entire village was burnt, and over 40 villagers killed when Boko Haram gunmen swarmed in on Dalwa-Masuba village.
A member of the security vigilantes, Abbas Gava, who spoke on phone, said no security personnel had reached the attacked town at the time he was speaking.
“We heard about the attack from some of the villagers who fled the village, and we had to drive there on our patrol van. The entire village was set on fire, and about 40 persons were lying dead all over the place; their firewood pickups were also set ablaze”, the local vigilante said.