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Hours after 35 passengers were kidnapped, Boko Haram attacks Ajiri community in Borno |
2020-12-20 |
[VANGUARDNGR] Suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram![]() Sect on Saturday evening invaded Ajiri village of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno state and wrecked havoc, leading to destruction of lives and properties. This is coming barely 24 hours when armed turbans laid ambush along Maiduguri- Damaturu 125km road where over 5 people were killed with dozens kidnapped and injured. Ajiri less than 50km drive from Maiduguri the state capital is near Mafa Local Government area where Governor Babagana Umara Zulum hail from. The town was hitherto a ghost town, until mid this year when the Governor through the ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR) constructed about 500 housing units, in which its Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in Maiduguri were relocated back home by the present administration’s drive to ensure IDPs back to their ancestral homes. |
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