BOKO HARAM KILLS 97 WORSHIPPERS AT A MOSQUE IN KUKAWA

Sigh! When will Nigeria witness the end to this crazy insurgency? How did we get to this level where scores of lives are wasted by these dare-devil Terrorists called Boko Haram?It is only a demented person that believes he can fight for an omnipotent God. Leave God to fight his battles, he is capable.

Ninety seven lives were lost yesterday and several injured at Kukawa a town in Borno State,the hot bed of the Boko Haram activities. They were bombed as soon as they finished breaking their fast at about 6.30pm.Children were also casualties in the attack. According to an eyewitness account,
“They spared nobody; in fact, while some of the terrorists waited and set most of the corpses on fire, others proceeded to houses and shot indiscriminately at women who were preparing food,” he added.

Another bereaved resident who lost his uncle, Garba Kolomi said “They wiped out the immediate family of my uncle. They killed his children, about five of them and set his entire house ablaze”.
A fisherman from the area, Alhaji Saleh Idi, who corroborated that 97 people had been killed, alleged that the attackers spent over four hours without any attempt by security forces to intervene There was no single soldier in Kukawa when the terrorists came around 6.30pm. The soldiers were in Kuros-Kawwa which is just 11 kilometers away. The terrorists stole assorted food from houses and homes and then set everything ablaze. They left around 11 pm,” he said.
Kukawa which is about 178 kilometres away from Maiduguri was severely attacked in 2014, a situation which forced most residents to flee to Maiduguri and other villages across the Lake Chad.
Most of the locals, especially the fishermen and farmers among them returned to the ancient town early this year.
Another resident of Kukawa Alhaji Audu Kukawa told our correspondent that the insurgents came in Hilux vehicles.