Boko Haram kidnaps women, Kill 11 in Kuburvwa

Kuburvwa village of Borno State which is a village near Chibok has been attacked by the Boko Haram sect leaving at least 11 people dead.

According to Premium Times,the agrarian community said they buried 11 corpses on Monday after the Sunday evening attack.

A local security operative, who craved anonymity for safety reasons stated in the report that “many women, mostly married, were raped while others were taken away by the gunmen”.

The spokesperson of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Abbas Gava, confirmed the attack to journalists in Maiduguri.

“The attack took place in Kuburvwa village which is located between Chibok and Damboa towns. According to reports we received from our operatives in that area, the Boko Haram gunmen invaded the village at night on Sunday and began to shoot.

“Many women, including house wives, were raped by the gunmen who also killed at least 11 persons.

“According to our men, who called us from Chibok, many people that fled the village into the bushes have not returned to the community as at Monday morning.”

Mr. Gava said his group, which works closely with the Nigerian military does not have “the exact number of women that were reportedly abducted by the gunmen.”