30 feared dead as Boko Haram ambush passengers in Adamawa

Abubakar Shekau
Over 30 persons were killed yesterday in an attack orchestrated by suspected members of the Boko Haram militants in Michika local government area of Adamawa State.

A bridegroom, family members and friends were said to be among those whose lost their lives in the attack.
The victims, eyewitnesses said, were returning from a wedding in Michika town when they ran into some insurgents.

The incident, it was gathered, happened along Bama- Banki -Firgi highway.

According to an eyewitness who narrated the incident to reporters, he said “I travelled on Adamawa- Michika – Bama- Maiduguri road. When we reached a place in the Firgi area, we saw many bodies, many of whom 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”.

Also, a source in one of the federal owned hospitals in Maiduguri disclosed that, “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 yet to ascertain who were behind such a deadly attack”.

However, 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 at the time of filling this report.

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