Boko Haram kills 11, abducts 4 in Banki IDPs camp in Borno

Civil Society Organization, CSO on Sunday, confirmed that, 11 people were killed at an Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp located at Banki, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon in the northeast region.

According to Mr. Ibrahim Tom, a member of the CSO in Maiduguri, Official of the state emergency management agency, SEMA alongside the cateraker Chairman of Bama local government council were at the camp earlier with a member of the civil society organisation.

Speaking on the continuous invasion of Banki IDPs camp by suspected members of the Boko Haram militants, Comrade Tom said, there is great need for deployment of police to improve community relationship and to strengthen security around the camp.

” Community policing among the IDPs themselves is essential to minimise infiltrators,” he added.