Houses, churches and schools destroyed as Boko Haram attacks Adamawa villages (photos)

Houses, churches and schools destroyed as Boko Haram attacks Adamawa villages (photos)

Heavily armed Boko Haram terrorists released an in a single day assault on Kwapre and surrounding villages withinside the New Yadul District, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The assault , which started at approximately 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 and raged beyond midnight, left a path of destruction in its wake.

Locals stated worship places, schools, homes and commercial enterprise premises had been set ablaze, and houses really well worth hundreds of thousands of naira looted.

Mr Joel Kulaha, the village head of Kwapre, and Abalis Jawaja, the village head of King, stated the insurgents descended at the communities, torching homes and carting away valuables.

They stated fortunately, no lives had been misplaced withinside the assault, as citizens , forewarned through the escalating threat, fled their houses earlier than the attackers arrived.

“We escaped with our lives, however the whole thing we personal is gone,” Kulaha lamented, describing the chaos that unfolded.

It turned into amassed that navy forces stationed in close by Garaha spoke back to the assault withinside the early hours, attractive the insurgents and forcing them to retreat.

However, citizens stated the navy intervention got here too overdue to save you the vast destruction that has left the villages in ruins.

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