VILLAGERS FLEES AFTER RECEIVING THREAT LETTER FROM BOKO HARAM

The villages of Kukawa and Gubio in Borno state have been desolated and the villagers have fled after they reportedly received a letter from Boko Haram informing them of an impending attack on their communities.

Modu Kaka who spoke with  Sahara Reporters,, said immediately they received the letter, thousands of residents fled.

"They had attacked other local government areas around us. So when we received threat letters from Boko Haram that they would attack us soon, we all had to flee for our lives. We heard what happened to people in Damasak where a similar threat was made and carried by Boko Haram.” he said

A senior Bono state government official who hails from Gubio, one of the villages reportedly written to, confirmed the mass exodus of the villagers from their villages to the state capital, Maiduguri