The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, has att+cked Kwari, a town in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, Sahara Reporters is reporting.
Geidam is the council area of the immediate former Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali. It is located 177 kilometres away from Damaturu, the state capital, and is about 40 kilometres away from Nigeria/Niger Republic border.
SaharaReporters learnt that the gunmen during the att+ck k#lled the pastor of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN), Luka Levong. Thirteen other villagers including the church treasurer, Maina Abdullahi were also k#lled by the t+rrorists, an eyewitness said.
It is reported that the gunmen b¥rnt down the church, many houses and cars.
The att+ck, which occurred around 1 am on Friday was not repelled, another resident told SaharaReporters.
“14 people were k#lled in Geidam this morning, many houses and the church were burnt,” he said. Other residents who had retired to their homes were forced to flee into the bushes as the gunmen stormed the village, sh%oting sporadically.
“The victims were taken to the Specialist Hospital, Geidam,” a source told Sahara Reporters.
