… Says 299 Chibok people have been killed in 6 years
… 23 villages attacked
… Chibok local government attacked 69 times thus far
… 112 Chibok girls still missing
The Kibaku Area Development Association, KADA, in Chibok local government of Borno state, has called on the global community to come to the aid of its people against terrorist attacks.
This is contained in a statement by its director, media and communication, Dr Allen Manasseh obtained by AsheNews on Wednesday.
According to Manasseh, while about 299 people have been killed in the past six years and Chibok LGA has been attacked 69 times, 112 Chibok girls were still missing.
“Many have been abducted aside the 112 Chibok girls that are still missing. Destruction and looting of our properties especially food stuff, is carried out with so much intensity.
“The frequency and magnitude of the attacks on the Chibok communities has become recurrent with attendant serious loss of lives and properties. We as a people have been calling for serious government attention to tame the activities of the terrorists in the North East region, but have not seen appreciable efforts from the side of government to ensure lives and properties are saved.
“On the eve of Christmas, our key farming community of Pemi was attacked, in which we lost seven lives and two abducted with Churches, and many houses raised down by the assailants – terrorists. This happened in less than three weeks within which Takulashi village was attacked where 13 people were killed, nine people abducted, 53 houses destroyed, two churches and four vehicles burnt.
“We demand for adequate response from the President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria to act presidentially in solving the security situation in Chibok,” the community said.
“We also want the world to know that, till now, we still have no update from the Nigerian government about the situation of our remaining 112 Chibok girls still in captivity against all the promises of the government to rescue them.
“We, therefore, in the same vein with Dapchi school girls and Kankara School boys, demand that the remaining Chibok school daughters should be brought back in quickest time possible.
“Over the past six years, our communities in Chibok LGA have been attacked 69 times with 299 deaths, many abducted aside the 122 Chibok girls still missing, destructions and looting of our properties, more especially food stuff. Amongst our communities that were attacked – some severely and serially with no resistance or precautionary measures by our government includes: Chibok town, Bwalakila, Takulashi, Kwople, Kwaranglum, Kautikari, Gatamwarwa, Thlaimakalama, Mifa, Kakilmari, Bwaftari, Kwada, Kaumutahyahi, Kuburmbula, Mifa, Paya yesu Bila Maburdar, Yimirmugza, Mbulabam, Gagilam, Piying, Mboa-Kura, Ntsiha and many other locations too numerous to capture in a single statement.
“Some have been attacked over 10 times with our locals and the few security forces ensuring the towns are not laid desolate and turned ghost towns.
“As a community, we want it on record that we appreciate the sacrifices and gallantry of the few Nigerian security forces working to secure our communities, but their numerical strengths and promptness to respond and ensure extermination of the terrorists have not met our expectation,” the statement reads.
“Having spent this long time with less results of the deliverables, there may be the need to ensure complete overhaul of the security architecture to ensure we achieve attach timelines on our deliverables of securing the people and their properties.
“We are 100% agrarian communities with nearly zero government presence in terms of social amenities. We are farming against all odds to survive, but each year, during peak harvest period, we experience escalation of terrorism on our people and we have had enough.
“We are calling on the government like never before, to ensure our people are protected, our properties saved. We cannot be farming against threats to our lives only for the insurgent to freely come and loot our agricultural commodities,” the statement added.
Also in separate telephone conversations with the national secretary of the association, Dr Yarama Ndirpaya and the Abuja branch chairman, Mr Nkeki Mutah, the following people were killed in the recent attacks at the community:
Ali Dawa Bakau, Lawan Yana Madi, Amos Musa Fali, Fali Nkena (Ngerma), Ishaya Bulus Fali, Dauda Tela Kabu and Yakubu Ishaya.
Bulus Yekura Kwari and Amos Atah were kidnapped while the central Church and six houses were burnt. The attackers also burnt four motor vehicles and carted away six others.
