Some gunmen attacked Kamuyya village in Biu local government, Borno state killing at least 20 people over the weekend.The attackers descended on the village after they failed to meet the sum of N250, 000 demanded earlier by the gunmen.
One of the villagers said they had taken the demand for financial contribution to the insurgents very lightly. A resident of Kamuyya, Abubakar Umar, told journalists by telephone “when they issued such threat, we all took it lightly; everyone one was relaxed and nobody bothered to make any extra to ensure that we raised the amount beyond what we could raise, which is about N70, 000 May be that was what ignited this bloody attack because we were unable to meet their demand”.
But the gunmen finally stormed the village on a market day shooting wildly.According to the eyewitness,“They continued to shoot their guns for over a period and through out that period which was over five hours, there was no single security personnel to confront the invaders”.
He added ,“They snatched several vehicles and loaded them with bags of assorted foodstuff , before leaving the town in the evening”.
“They destroyed everything we had, they carted away our foodstuff and burnt down the remaining ones. The most painful thing is that they did not spare even the fleeing residents as they trailed and killed anybody who attempted to escape”.
A police source confirmed the attack.
