SOLDIERS have taken over Gajiram town, in Nganzai Local
Government Area of Borno State, following an attack on the community by
suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, during which not less than 70 persons
were killed, Saturday Tribune learnt in Maiduguri.
A local, Malam Zannah Gajiram, told Saturday Tribune that
the sect members burnt down the local government secretariat, a Junior
Secondary School, a 20-unit housing estate, a police station and a military
post as they sacked the whole community.
According to him, the insurgents stormed the community
Tuesday night and ravaged the community till Wednesday morning, destroying
almost all the public buildings and houses belonging to politicians from the
local government.
