As Nigerians elsewhere celebrate Nigeria’s 55-year independence anniversary, residents of Kirchinga, in Adamawa state, are marking the day in anguish following the attack on the village by Boko Haram terrorists, slitting the throats of five residents of the area in an early morning attack..
A fleeing resident of the village, Ahmad Musa, in a telephone interview, said the insurgents struck the village at about 12:30am on Thursday and started firing sporadic shots while razing down buildings, making residents to flee into nearby bushes. The resident said the insurgents slaughtered five trapped people, including three women and two men.
” We are now in deep sorrow,” Mr. Musa lamented..
According to him, the insurgents had a field day for many hours as they operated unchallenged due to complete absence of security personnel in the area. Another resident of the area, John Apagwu, accused the government of leaving them to their own fate, corroborating Mr. Musa’s account that there was complete absence of security personnel in the area.
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