The Yobe State Government has announced that a total of 34 people were killed in Sunday’s Boko Haram attack in Mafa, Tarmuwa Local Government Area.
The 34 victims were buried on Tuesday in Babangida, the headquarters of Tarmuwa local government.
SYMFONI NEWS reports that the terrorists also burnt several houses and shops.
Hundreds of residents were displaced as a result of the attack.
“The figure is 34 people that were found dead, while five persons sustained injuries,” Dahiru Abdulsalam, Governor Mala Buni’s special adviser on security matters, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.
”Four are in critical conditions, while the other, sustained a minor injury and he is in stable condition.”
Mr Abdulsalam suggested that the location of Mafa makes residents there soft targets for the Boko Haram.
”Any information apart from this is just a rumour. Nobody has gone to Mafa yesterday other than the troops, who brought these bodies.
”The insurgents are not confronting the military; they are confronting innocent civilians who are soft targets,” he said.
