Four killed, four abducted in Boko Haram attack on charcoal traders in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Suspected Boko Haram  terrorists have killed four charcoal traders and abducted four others during an attack on Gassarwa bush in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno.

Sources told Zagazola Makama  that the incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 31, when a group of young men from Abbari Ward, Monguno, went to the bush to burn firewood for charcoal.

Sources said Babagana Mallam, Chairman of the Charcoal Traders Union in Monguno, reported that his members Kaka Konto,

Mainayi Modu, Alhaji Abba Bunu and Ibrahim Modu were attacked and fatally shot by the gunmen.

Two other traders, Bakura Bale and Bakura Abbagana, both of Abbari Ward, sustained gunshot injuries, while four others Adamu Yerima, Bukar Geidam, Dauda Mala Zara and Bukar Sale all from Kuya Ward, Monguno were abducted and taken to an unknown destination.

“The injured victims were evacuated to the General Hospital, Monguno, where those with fatal injuries were certified dead by a medical doctor. The two survivors with bullet wounds are responding to treatment,” the sources said.

The sources said troops of Operation HADIN KAI, police tactical units, Civilian Joint Task Force, hunters and vigilantes had visited the scene and the corpses released to families for burial in line with Islamic rites.

The sources said search-and-rescue operations were ongoing to locate and free the abducted victims.