Nigeria's Chibok community says Boko Haram attacks have wiped out over half its towns
Community leaders from Chibok in Nigeria’s Borno State have appealed for urgent government protection, saying repeated attacks linked to Boko Haram have devastated their communities and left hundreds dead.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA) said more than 432 people had been killed in over 115 attacks on Chibok since November 2012.
KADA president Nkeki Mutah said more than half of the area’s towns and villages had been destroyed, with many displaced residents unable to return to their farmland.
Mutah said the attacks appeared to deliberately target the Chibok community and called for special protection from authorities at all levels. He also urged the government to support humanitarian access to Kibaku and increase military deployments to the area.
The appeal follows recent attacks on Christian communities in Chibok that local media blamed on Boko Haram. The town remains globally associated with the 2014 abduction of 276 schoolgirls by the militant group, with dozens still missing.
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