Earlyface

Hardly a day passed since unknown
gunmen, allegedly belonging to the
dreaded Boko Haram sect, ambushed
motorists in Borno State villages of
Gwoza-Firgi-Ngurosoya federal highway,
when, on Monday, another group of
insurgents assaulted motorists along the
troubled Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road.
The first incident resulted in death of five
passengers, one of whom was en route to
Maiduguri to attend his brother's wedding.
In the course of the second attack, two
trucks loaded with oranges and a Toyota car
were set ablaze, and the drivers were
abducted, their destination still unknown.
The last incident, it was gathered, took place
not far away from Iimanti/Bullabulin
Ngarwa communities, notorious for
previous deadly road attacks masterminded
by Boko Haram.
A motorist/driver who managed to escape
the attack and identified himself as Mallam
Musa Usman, narrated that the incident
occurred at about 9am on Monday. A group
of terrorists, while crossing over the
highway from their camps in Sambisa Game
Forests, came across a number motorists on
the road, barricaded them, and set the
vehicles ablaze.