Violent Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram, has killed the Chief Imam of Kurmiri Village in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, Ustaz Goni Bukar Tabare.
16 others were also killed in two seperate attacks on Kurmiri and Mashimari Village in Konduga town between Sunday and Monday.
The Caretaker Chairman of Magumeri Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Abubakar Abdulkadir, disclosed the Kurmiri attack on Monday while speaking with journalists in Maiduguri.
Abdulkadir said: “The Chief Imam of Kurmiri Village and four other persons were slaughtered by suspected members of Boko Haram sect last night (Sunday).”
Confirming the second attack, the Chairman, Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Ahmed Satomi, said in a message to journalists: “We regret to announce that 12 people lost their lives while 28 other persons were injured in the Monday morning suicide attack on Mashimari village of Konduga town.”
The Borno State Police Command also confirmed the attacks in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku.
The statement reads: “Yesterday 17/9/2017, at about 22.30hrs, some suspects, reasonably believed to be Boko Haram terrorists, attacked Kurumari village in the Magumeri Local Government Area. Four persons, including the Imam of the village, were reportedly killed during the attack.
“Today 18/9/2017, at about 10.50hrs, two males and a female suicide bomber, carried out coordinated suicide bomb attacks at different locations in Mashemari village in the Konduga Local Government Area.
“The first explosion occurred during sporadic shooting in a farm. In the ensuing stampede, the first bomber detonated the explosive while the other two bombers detonated theirs close to the house of the village Head (Bulama).
“Thirteen persons, including the three suicide bombers, died in the three explosions, while 16 persons sustained varying degrees injuries and were evacuated to the General Hospital, Konduga.”
