BOKO HARAM WELCOME NEW IGP, KILL 6, KIDNAP WOMEN IN ADAMAWA

No fewer 6 people have been killed while several others have been abducted in Kwapre, a village in Hong Local Government Area Adamawa state by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents.

The fresh attack is coming barely 4 days after the appointment of Usman Alkali Abba as the new Acting Inspector General of Police by President Muhammadu Buhari. 

According to reports, the attackers who invaded the community on Friday, killed 6 people, burnt houses and carted away with belongings of the inhabitants.

In a telephone interview with NEWS PLATFORM on Saturday, the executive Chairman of the Local Government Council, Hon. James Pukuma, confirmed the attack, and said that the attackers killed 6 people and kidnapped men and women.

Hon. Pukuma disclosed that the insurgents stormed the community in about 9 gun trucks while several others on motorcycles with sophisticated weapons. 

He said that they have since mobilised vigilante groups/local hunters who are currently in control of the village and other surrounding communities, adding that the situation is under control at the moment.