Terrorists of the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) have killed no fewer than 26 fishermen in Gamborun Ngala, Ngala local government area of Borno State, security sources said.
Reports said the fishermen were killed on Wednesday while fishing and fetching firewood in Mukdolo village, located about 19 kilometers north of Dikwa town in the State.
Information obtained by Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region revealed that scores of the terrorists riding on motorcycles stormed the field and began shooting the fishermen sporadically.
The sources said that nine among the victims managed to fled with three of them with bullet wounds, while the rest were rounded up by the gunmen and were murdered.
The sources said, “They asked them to lay down. Thereafter, they used their fishing net and wrapped them before they started torturing them. After they became unconscious, they opened fire at them, killing them instantly.
The bodies of the 26 farmers were later recovered during search and rescue operation by troops who recieved the information from victims who fled the attack.