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Suspected Boko Haram militants burned down
houses, including the family home of Nigeria’s
new army chief, in a village in the northeast
of the country on Tuesday, a policeman,
military source and witnesses said.
At least two people were killed and eight
injured in Buratai in Borno state, resident
Adamu Talba and the military source said, but
Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Baratai, was not
present at the time of the attack in the early
hours.
Boko Haram has waged a deadly campaign to
carve out a state adhering to strict Islamic law
in Nigeria’s northeast for the past six years.
After being pushed out of most of the territory
they gained earlier this year, the group
scattered and returned to attacking soft
targets.
President Muhammadu Buhari has made
ending the insurgency his priority and
discussed how to tackle it during his first trip
to Washington to meet President Barack
Obama.
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