Gunmen
suspected to be Boko Haram members have ambushed a convoy of vehicles
conveying people returning from a wedding ceremony, killing scores of
them, including the groom in Bulakuri village, Borno State.
The fate of the bride and her family
members was unknown as of Sunday when Adamawa State Government
Spokesman, Ahmad Sajoh, confirmed the incident to the Associated Press.
Although Sajoh said the wedding fatiha, the official Muslim ceremony, took place in Firgi village in Borno State, the Agence France Presse reported that it held in Michika, Adamawa State.
The two news agencies however put the casualty figure at 30 but an Army spokesman, Captain Muhammed, said it was five.
“The report received from our troops
indicated that some terrorists attacked a bus at Bulakuri village and
killed five persons ,” Dole said in a statement on Sunday evening,
adding that the bodies were taken to a mortuary in Bama.
According to some of the survivors, they were attacked along the Bama-Banki Road.
That road runs alongside a forest that is a known hideout of Boko Haram terrorists.
A driver, Kyari Buba, who told the AFP that
he was in the middle of the convoy of about five vehicles when the
gunmen struck, added that he saw more than 30 dead bodies on the side
of the road.
He said,” I was in the middle of the
convoy when the gunmen attacked and I was able to stop my vehicle on
time to open the door and run into the bush along with the people I was
with.
“When we returned long after the gunmen were gone, we met a gory scene with more than 30 people shot dead or slaughtered.
“All the victims were brutally murdered by the attackers.”
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