Nine people are reported to have died in fresh attacks by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in some communities in Michika and Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
In attacks which occurred in the late hours of Wednesday February 26th 2014, many were killed and others injured in Michika and several sensitive public facilities burnt, sources say.
The terrorists are reported to have arrived Michika at about 9 p. m. and operated till about 3 a.m.
Punch reports:The scores of suspected Boko Haram Islamists who carried out the attack were armed with grenade launchers and explosives.
Residents in Michika, said people fled to the nearby foothills when the attackers dressed in military uniforms stormed the town in four-wheeled drive trucks and motorcycles.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday promised that his government would spare no resources in ensuring that those behind the Tuesday gruesome killing of schoolchildren in the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe State are brought to book.Jonathan made the vow in his keynote address at the international conference tagged “Human Security, Peace and Development: Agenda for 21st Century Africa”, held in Abuja as part of activities marking the nation’s centenary.
The President described the barbaric act as “unNigerian and unAfrican.”
He described the activities of the Boko Haram Islamists as condemnable acts of terror.
