A hamlet in Hong, Adamawa State, has been struck by suspected Boko Haram militants, resulting in the loss of important properties.
According to information obtained by The Intercept, terrorists with intimidating weapons and IEDS allegedly overran Dabna hamlet in Yadul/Dugwaba District of Hong Local Government Area between 10 p.m. on Friday and 3 a.m. on Saturday.
According to witnesses, the terrorists raised their flag of conquest while occupying and burning homes and other assets.
According to sources, save for the military, mobile police officers, and vigilantes who arose to fend off the assailants, Garaha, a larger village three kilometres from Dabna, would have most likely been included in the attack.
Barely three days had passed since the attack on Bangah, a Garaha suburb in the Sambisa forest in neighbouring Borno State, when Dabna was invaded.
Seven people were killed and several houses and cars were destroyed in that attack.
A prominent citizen of Dabna, Dr Raymond Chidama, who is the Adamawa State secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, described the development as worrisome.
Chidama, who lives mostly in the state capital, Yola, said about the incessant attacks in Hong LGA: “The attacks on these communities have now become a daily affair, bringing fear and terror into the remnants of people there.”
He said most of the residents had actually fled, with no hope of returning soon, for fear of more attacks.
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Hong, an LGA in northern Adamawa, has historically been one of the seven LGAs in Adamawa State that Boko Haram have troubled the most since the insurgency started in the region.
The other LGAs have been Madagali, Michika, Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha, and Gombi.
