The remains of the 34 villagers killed by terrorists
By Akeem Atoyebi
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, stated on Wednesday that the military would be sending more soldiers to Yobe State in the wake of Sunday’s terror attack on Mafa village, Tarmuwa Local Government Area, where Boko Haram killed at least 34 villagers and set several houses ablaze.
The CDS made this known when he received Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, who visited him in Abuja to seek support, following the massacre, which the Northern State Governors’ Forum condemned on Wednesday, demanding that the perpetrators be tracked down and made to pay for their crime.
A statement on Wednesday by the state’s Director General of Media and Press Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, said that Governor Buni went to Abuja on Wednesday to have a talk with the CDS over the security situation in Yobe.
Expressing deep concern over the escalating incursions of terrorists into the state, Governor Buni emphasised the need to address the attacks on soft targets along the borders, where lives are lost and properties are looted.
“Generally, there have been great improvements in security across the state, except for the recent incursion of the terrorists from across the borders, and attacking the border communities.
“Sadly, three days ago, we recorded terrorist attacks on Mafa a border village with Borno State, and a few days earlier in Geidam, a border community with Niger Republic, in which we lost several lives.
“I have discussed extensively with the CDS to find a lasting solution to these incursions and attacks on the border communities.
“l am pleased with his response, and the new strategies he assured to undertake to check the menace and excesses of the terrorists to safeguard the lives and property of our people,” Buni said.
