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Gunmen on bicycles reportedly killed at least eight people
outside a church after a morning service in the village of
Kwamjilari in Borno state.
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The family of Evangelist
Martins Oko-Oboh has called on the Nigeria Police Force and other security
agencies in the country to help find the missing evangelist, his wife and three
children after attacks on Nandu and Kabamu villages in Kaduna State by
suspected herdsmen.
The
Guardian report continues:
John
Oko-Oboh, the evangelist’s younger brother, made the call in Abuja yesterday.
Speaking
with newsmen, he said the family got missing after the herdsmen attacked Nandu
and Kabamu villages in Sanga Local Council of Kaduna State on June 24.
He
added that the evangelist had lived in the village for many years before the
recent attack, which claimed so many lives, noting that the matter had been
reported at the police station in Kabamu village.
“We
have tried to get across to my brother and his family, all to no avail. Nobody
has also seen their bodies anywhere. I am appealing to members of the public to
avail us of information that will lead to the whereabouts of my brother and his
family,” he said.
He
further appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the incessant
attacks by suspected herdsmen in the country to ensure peaceful coexistence.
No
fewer than 38 persons were killed in separate attacks in Nandu and Kabamu
villages recently.
Meanwhile
AFP reports that gunmen on bicycles have killed at least eight people
outside a church in a village in north-eastern Nigeria, residents
have said.
The
attack took place after a morning service in the village of
Kwamjilari in Borno State, it reports.
The gunmen are suspected to be linked to militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which launched its insurgency in Borno in 2009.
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