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Boko Haram storms Borno in SUVs, kills 51

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Abducts 25 ladies, scores missing
… Survivors, officials recount attack
From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri
Konduga, a serene community in Borno Central again witnessed another  violence on Tuesday evening as suspected Boko Haram insurgents stormed  the town, killing at least 51 people.
Residents and local officials said all the dead were buried  yesterday. Many are still missing even as the insurgents abducted 25  ladies from the community market and two public schools; the state-owned  Ashigar College of Business and Administrative Studies as well as  Government Girls’ College.
Survivors and the officials who spoke to journalists yesterday during  a visit to the place painted a gory picture of the attack which Gov  Kashim Shettima described as “barbaric and unfortunate.” Chairman of  Konduga Local Government, Alhaji Lawan Gana Ngaleri, while conducting  the governor round the town, could barely express the situation, as he  was downcast and heartbroken. He said the attackers came at about 4.30pm  in a convoy of vehicles.
A middle-age man who did not want his name in print said the  insurgents arrived in many Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) mounted with  high calibre guns, shooting into the market. “Tuesday was our market day  and it was as if they targeted the day. They were in military uniform  (camouflage) and wore turban and canvass. I saw seven of them throwing  bomb (explosive devices) into houses and one of them was on top of a  tree shooting from there,” he disclosed. He said he ran into the bush  and could not recall the tragic events that followed.
Ya Kaka, a housewife, said she was in the market when the shooting  started. She said she ran into her house but later came out and rushed  into a nearby bush to hide when she discovered the neighbouring houses  were on fire. “We were happy and peaceful until the Boko Haram people  came yesterday (Tuesday). They changed our world and everything turned  upside down. We don’t know where to go now,; no food, we’ve lost  everything. All our children are gone. Some were killed and we can’t  even find some of them now,” she lamented as reported kept consoling  him.
Sali Umar, another resident, said he was in his shop when he noticed  some vehicles coming into the heart of the town. He said he hid  somewhere around the shop until it dawned on him that a big problem was  ahead. “I knew then a black day was ahead of us,” he stated.
A teacher, Yana Kwada, said the insurgents abducted 25 girls from the  market and schools. He said women, children and residents ran helter  skelter as the Islamists threw bombs in different directions. “Some  youth volunteers pursued them but they were overpowered because the  attackers were many and carried powerful weapons,” another resident also  said, claiming that soldiers fought the insurgents but ran out of  bullets.

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