Boko Haram kill 5, kidnap women in Borno village

Boko Haram on Monday killed five civilians in
Askira_Uba Local Government in southern Borno State.
Residents reported that a number of militants attacked
Dagu village along the border with Adamawa, killing five
persons and kidnapping some women.
Confirming the incident, Major Bakare Akintoye, the
Army Public Relations Officer of the 28 Task Force
Battalion in Mubi said only two civilians were killed and
that no case of abduction.
He noted that the military mobilised to the village
during attack, forcing the attackers to flee, adding that
the military was co ducting a clearance oper

ation in the
area.
He added that normal activities had since picked up in
the village as military had been in control of security