A monarch and 19 others have been killed in 2 separate Boko Haram attacks that
occurred yesterday
night April 14th and in the early hours of this morning April 15th in Borno state.
Reports say the sect men arrived Hawul Local Government
Area at about 7.30pm yesterday evening and killed the Monarch (District
head) inside his bedroom. His guard was also killed. The monarch
had just returned from his evening prayers when he was followed into his
bedroom and shot dead.
"They simply walked right into the palace of the monarch and shot him in his bedroom. And on their way out they also shot at his guard before fleeing away into the dark night. a politician from the area said
In a separate attack, 18 people were killed this morning in Wala village in Gwoza LGA, just about 130km away from Chibok town where 103 secondary school girls were abducted on Monday night.