BY YUNUSA BUNU, FEBRUARY 14, 2022 | 09:05 PM
Nine people were injured as a result of five RPGs fired by members of Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP into Wulgo, town of Ngala Local Government Area of Borno.
The terrorists fired the rocket propelled grenades into the town at about 1:30 pm on Monday from a location in outskirts of the town.
It followed the distribution of relief cards to the people in the community, supervised by Haj. Zainab Gimba, a serving lawmaker and some members of Borno's state executive council.
Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, the state governor, was due to arrive the town to supervise the distribution.
Our reporter who is at Gomboru were the victims are currently hospitalised said two of the victims were members of the Civilian JTF.
'Of the five RPGs, two fell at Wulgo market where the people were gathered to receive the cards, while the other three fell in open places in the town,' our sources confirmed.
The governor who is currently in Gomboru, with Kashim Shettima, his predecessor and senator representing Borno central senatorial district, is nonetheless initially expected to go and supervise the distribution of the food and non-food items just as he did in Gomboru and Ngala.
This is the fourth time ISWAP is attacking Wulgo after it has been resettled in late 2021.
In their last attack on the town, the terrorists lost two cars and some of their members to the Multinational Joint Task Force,m troops of Cameroon and Nigeria.
Though the border town has been resettled and appears to be difficult for the terrorists to overrun, with the presence of MNJTF, the people, especially those going out for fishing and firewood keep reporting the presence of the terrorists moving around.
Most of the terrorists are hybernating in Goman, Zannari, Bulachasaye, Chukun Ngudoye, Tumbumaye, Bukarmairambe, and Arrinna, YERWA EXPRESS NEWS can confirm.
'Their are commanders are in each of these towns. Most of their cars and equipment are in Tumbumaye and Arrinna.
'They do all their welding and fabrications at Arrinna. And when they want to carry out an attack, they invite men from each of the town, 10, 15 and then attack,' our reporter said.
Conflict Reporting is dangerous and risky. Our reporters constantly face life-threatening challenges, sometimes surviving ambushes, kidnap attempts and attacks by the whiskers as they travel and go into communities to get authentic and firsthand information. But we dare it every day, nonetheless, in order to keep you informed of the true situation of the victims, the trends in the conflicts and ultimately help in peace building processes. But these come at huge cost to us. We are therefore appealing to you to help our cause by donating to us through any of the following means. You can also donate working tools, which are even more primary to our work. We thank you sincerely as you help our cause.
Alternatively, you can also email us on
info@yen.ng or message us
via +234 803 931 7767
