A bridegroom, family members and friends were
said to be among 30 persons killed yesterday in
an attack by insurgents believed to be members of
Boko Haram in Michika local government area of
Adamawa State.
The victims, eye witnesses said, were returning
from a wedding Fatiha in Michika town when they
ran into an ambush laid by the insurgents.
The incident, it was learnt, happened along Bama-
Banki -Firgi highway.
One of the eye witnesses, a motorist, told our
correspondent, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital “ I
travelled on Adamawa- Michika – Bama-
Maiduguri road. When we reached a place in the
Firgi area, we saw many bodies many of which
were riddled with bullets while some were covered
in blood having been slaughtered beside the road.
My passengers advised we should return to
Michika, but I told them God was in control”.
A source in one of the federal owned hospitals in
Maiduguri said: “We have received the bodies of
over 30 people suspected to have been killed while
coming from a wedding Fatiha as most of them
wore same wedding uniforms (Anko in Hausa) on
Saturday evening, but we are are yet to ascertain
who are those behind such a deadly attack”.
Spokesman for the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Lt.
Colonel Mohammed Dole, and the Borno State
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Gideon Jubrin
could not be reached for confirmation of the attack
at the time of going to press.
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