Members of the dreaded terrorists group, Boko Haram, have reportedly killed 11 people in a fresh attack on a remote village in Borno State.

Hordes of Boko Haram members as shown in the video released on November 9, 2014. Snapshot from a video: AFP

Vanguard reports that a source, who gave his name as Zarami Kolo, on Thursday disclosed that the terrorists, during the attack on Gajiganna, burnt houses and forced residents to flee.
According to a Zarami Kolo, a senior local government official, the community “lost 11 of our innocent people. The terrorists also injured (several) people and set on fire every single house in the village.”
It was gathered that the raid commenced around sundown on Wednesday but details from the remote region, did not immediately emerge following the poor mobile phone network.

“The militants started shooting indiscriminately, forcing our people to scamper for safety. The town is no more and our people are in distress,” Kolo said.
A fleeing resident, who gave his name as Ibrahim Habibu, revealed that his brother was among the 11 people killed.
“I lost my brother and as I am talking to you, I don’t even know the whereabouts of my wife and two children. I made it to (the Borno state capital) Maiduguri after trekking through the bush overnight. Many of our people are still wandering in the bush,” Habibu said.
Meanwhile, Gajiganna has a large market that attracts traders from across Borno state and neighbouring Chad and Cameroon.
Boko Haram which reportedly attacked a church in the town in 2012 has killed no fewer than 13,000 people and forced more than 1.5 million people to flee their homes in its five-year uprising against the Nigerian government.
The terrorists group is alleged to be controlling about two dozen towns and cities in the northeastern part of the country, especially in Borno State.
Meanwhile, the Boko Haram terrorist group earlier in the day launched a twin bomb explosion in Jos, with some people reportedly feared dead.
However, the deputy governor of Borno state, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha, has called on all northerners in Nigeria not to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s general elections in a reaction to the increasing insecurity.
Also, this attack is against the backdrop of the Nigerian military who were said to be hunting some Boko Haram militants between Hong and Michika in Adamawa State, in an effort to flush out the terrorists.