At least 81 people in a nomadic village were killed by militant extremists on Tuesday morning, according to authorities in the Borno state of Nigeria.
On Wednesday, the Borno government in Northeast Nigeria released a statement revealing that an attack was carried out at the Faduma Kolomdi community in the Gubio local government area by militants in armored tanks and trucks, the Christian Post reports.
In the statement, one male witness told Borno State Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum that armed men arrived at the village on Tuesday at around 10am and began to round everyone up.
“They gathered us and said they wanted to deliver a religious sermon to us. They asked us to submit whatever arm we had. Some villagers gave up their dane guns, bow and arrows,” an unnamed resident was quoted as saying.
The survivor then noted that the militants began to shoot residents “at will.”
“Even children and women were not spared, many were shot at close range,” the man, who wished to remain anonymous, said. “Many started running.”
Five people were taken to the hospital for treatment.
“We have buried 49 corpses here while another 32 corpses were taken away by families from the villages around us,” the resident said. “The insurgents abducted seven persons including our village head. They went away with 400 cattle.”
A resident from a neighboring village also confirmed Tuesday’s attack.
Zulum, who visited…
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