… Two killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday night attacked the village of the new Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Turku Buratai.
The attackers, according to eyewitnesses, killed two people and burnt down houses in the village, including the family house of Gen. Buratai.
A local vigilante member in Biu town, Abdullahi Sani (not real name), told our correspondent that Tuesday night’s attack was the third on the village by insurgents.
Biu is about 30 kilometers from the village.
He added that two people were killed during the attack, while the entire village was burnt down with villagers scampering to surrounding communities for safety.
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